Marita Conlon-McKenna

• Apr-1993
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• May-1995
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It's hard to pretend that everything is normal when your whole life has been turned upside down …'She's gone!'The letter said she needed time to be herself again. But what does that mean?Greg and Lucy, at fourteen and twelve, act cool and responsib...

• Sep-1995
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Befriending a unicorn in his yard, young Sam learns that it is the very last in the world and desperately needs a safe place to live, and in the days that follow, Sam finds a special place for the unicorn to stay....

• Mar-1996
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A remarkable story of growing up in extraordinary circumstances that will touch the hearts of all readers. Katie's whole world is turned upside down when her family's home is destroyed by fire.Everything they had is gone, and instead of pulling tog...

• Jun-1996
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Sophie and Hugh are left homeless when their house is bombed during the London Blitz. Their mother is seriously injured and their Dad is away fighting, so the children are sent to their grandfather in Ireland. Sophie is scared - they have never met g...

• Sep-1999
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The mysterious arrival of Bella Blackwell, 'The Bird Woman', to the village of Ballyglen disturbs the peace and quiet of the Murphy household next door. Granny Rose is suspicious of Bella, and Rory doesn't trust her, but ten-year-old Mia falls under ...

• Jul-2000
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The wide open spaces of Connemara, filled with nothing but sea and sky, are all lost to Esther Doyle when she is betrayed by her lover, Conor. Rejected by her family, she is sent to join the 'fallen women' of the Holy Saints Convent in Dublin where, ...

• Feb-2001
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Inheritance changes everything, as Ella Kennedy soon discovers when her father dies and the 100 acre farm she has grown up on and run for years in the Wexford countryside is no longer hers. Angry following a fight with her brother, Ella leaves her ho...

• Jan-2002
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A powerful rollercoaster of a novel about a woman who discovers she has the power of healing hands.

Martha MacKenzie was an ordinary woman. Nothing extraordinary had ever happened to her, unless she counted her marriage to Dan and the birth...

• Jan-2004
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Everything changes for Kate, Moya and Romy when they receive word that Maeve Dillon, their mother, is critically ill. It is time to return from Dublin, London and New York to Rossmore and the old stone house overlooking the Irish Sea where they grew ...

• Mar-2004
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Larch Hill is the only home Blue knows. She arrived there just a few days old, wrapped in a blue blanket. Her one hope is to find her mother or father and have a family of her own. Fostered out several times, Blue finds it difficult to fit in. Is ...

• Mar-2005
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You thought you'd heard the whole story? They painted the town green in the acclaimed international bestseller Irish Girls About Town. Now Irish Girls Are Back In Town ...and their unique charm resonates throughout this high-spirited gathering of ...

• May-2007
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Hats! Hats! Hats!Upbrims, sidesweeps, silks, ribbons and trims all become part of Ellie's life when she inherits the little hat shop on Dublin's South Anne Street.But the city is changing and Ellie must decide if she wants to follow the hat-making tr...

• May-2009
• / Historical
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One of the greatest historical fiction adventures in children's literature.

Marita Conlon-McKenna's Children of the Famine series brings to life as never before the Great Famine of 1840s Ireland and the immigrations that followed. Winner of...

• Jun-2009
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The second book in the famine trilogyAt seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey through famine-stricken Ireland. Now thirteen, and determined to make a new life for herself, she sets off alone across the Atlantic to America. Will she ever see her fami...

• Jul-2009
• / Historical
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The final book in the famine trilogyFor Eily, Michael and Peggy the memory of the famine is still strong. But Mary-Brigid, Eily's first child, has the future to look forward to. What kind of future is it?Ireland is in turmoil, with evictions, burning...

• Dec-2012
• / Historical
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Since its first publication in 1990, Marita Conlon-McKenna's Under the Hawthorn Tree has broken all records for sales of an Irish-published children's book, has won national and international awards, and has been translated into Danish, Swedish, Dutc...

• Aug-2013
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The first book in the famine trilogyUnder the Hawthorn Tree is Ireland's top selling children's book. The phenomenal success of this original and enthralling book is celebrated with this beautiful hardback gift edition. This novel has become a classi...

• Jun-2017
• / Historical Romance
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The No.1 bestselling novel from one of Ireland's most loved writers!With the threat of the First World War looming, tension simmers under the surface of Ireland. Bright, beautiful and intelligent, the Gifford sisters Grace, Muriel and Nellie kick aga...

• Jan-2020
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The No.1 bestselling novel of the Great Irish Famine from one of Ireland's most beloved writersIreland's hopes for freedom are dashed with the arrival of a deadly potato blight that strikes terror in the heart of its people.1845. Seamstress Mary Sull...

• Sep-2021
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• Sep-2021
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• May-2023
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Strange things are happening in Fairy Hill. Thirteen-year-old Anna is upset when she is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in the west of Ireland. Hearing whispers in the wind, Anna senses she is being watched, but nobody beli...

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Alice loves to cook. She believes the secret of good food is to cook with passion. Her love affair with cookery has taken her from her parents' seaside hotel, to Paris and then one of Dublin's finest restaurants. Then she marries Liam, and is happy t...

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Kate Cassidy is about to celebrate twenty five years of marriage to Paddy. But the secret she has kept all this time is about to be discovered.Erin Harris has always known that she is different from the rest of her family. Over the years she has begu...