‘The six short stories in this remarkable collection, set in 1920s Ireland, are examples of narrative at its most absorbing’
Robert Dunbar, The Irish Times
‘Very powerful short stories for young adults’
‘Today with Pat Kenny’, RTÉ Radio 1
‘A riveting read’
Inis, Children’s Books in Ireland Magazine
‘Emotionally charged stories, featuring feisty, likeable youngsters’
Niall MacMonagle,
The Sunday Independent
About the Author
GERARD WHELAN was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, where he now lives. He is the author of several books for children and is a multiple award-winner. His first novel, The Guns of Easter, won a Bisto Merit Award and the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award for first-time writers; Dream Invader was the overall winner of the Bisto Book of the Year Award.
Other books by Gerard Whelan
The Guns of Easter
A Winter of Spies
Dream Invader
Out of Nowhere
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First published 2002
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Whelan, Gerard
War children
1.Young adult fiction 2.Ireland - History - 1910-1921 - Fiction
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