Age: Ireland

Materials from Ireland

Artemis Fowls : The Lost Colony

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 27, 2007

Thousands of years ago, fairies and humans fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland.When it became clear that they could not win, all of the fairies moved belowground except for the 8th family.  Rather than surrender, they used a magical time spell to take their colony out of time and into Limbo. [...]

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Only Human : The Missing Link Trilogy

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

A search for the elusive Yeti in the faraway Himalayas leads Christie and his stepbrother Danny to question their own humanity.

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Scarlett

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 22, 2007

After being expelled from yet another school in London, twelve-year-old Scarlett is sent by her exasperated mother to live with her father, stepmother, and stepsister in Ireland, where with the help of a mysterious boy, she eventually overcomes her anger and resentment and feels part of a family again.

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Too Many Leprechauns : Or How That Pot O’ Gold Got To The End Of The Rainbow

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

Finn O’Finnegan returns home after a year in Dublin, and when he finds his village taken over by leprechauns, he must devise a way to get them to leave without making them angry.

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Fiona’s Luck

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 19, 2007

A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king’s tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans. Illustration done in acrylic, watercolor, and gel medium on coventry rag.

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Bring Me The Head Of Oliver Plunkett

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When the head of Saint Oliver Plunkett is stolen from Drogheda Cathedral, Eddie and his gang use their wits to search for the relic while trying to outsmart the town’s most notorious criminal.

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Dog

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

An old man living alone at the edge of a small Irish village grudgingly allows a dog into his life.

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The Wishing Of Biddy Malone

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In Ireland, a young girl who cannot sing, dance, or control her temper stumbles across a faerie village, where a beautiful boy asks her to name her three wishes–but does not promise to grant them for her.

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Nory Ryan’s Song

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When a terrible blight attacks Ireland’s potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan’s courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.

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Flying Feet: A Story Of Irish Dance

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Based on a true tale, two master dancers compete for the chance to teach the people of Ballyconneely, Ireland, how to dance.

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