Brian Conaghan

Lenny is dik. Op school lijkt het wel of de kinderen niet kijken naar wie hij zelf is, maar alleen naar zijn formaat. Daarom gaat Lenny, als hij het e

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no

When a school tragedy happens, you probably lay the blame on society, the Internet, TV or violent films. Not many of you think it could be the parents

Multi-award-winning author Brian Conaghan's first book for 10+ readers is a future classic brimming with humour and heart Even though I found him l

WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN & YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CBI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 LONGLISTED FOR

Moya. The M Word. Whisper it. Conceal it. But please, never mention it ... Maggie Yates talks to her best mate Moya every day. She tells he

Con O’Neill is stuck in a world of brutal gang violence, sectarian vendettas and personal tragedy. The lack of opportunities for him and the rest of h

Twelve-year-old Anna's parents are going through a rough patch, but Anna can't let them split up. Not when it might mean living apart from Anto, her t

Dylan Mint has Tourette’s. His life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in – the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whene

Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015 Hilariously touching and outrageously unforgettable: Mark Haddon’s Christopher Boone meets Holden Ca

Brian Russell Roberts dispels continental-centric US national mythologies to advance an alternative image of the United States as an archipelagic nati

A rich, wondrous anthology of the Western magical tradition, from the Old Testament to Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost, now in a Penguin Classics bla

Howell's much-celebrated stories interweave elements of the commonplace with darkness, subterfuge and sheer weirdness, all realised with natural narra

Een zoektocht naar de theorie van alles   Ruimte en tijd zijn de basiselementen van de kosmos. Maar wat zijn ruimte en tijd eigenlijk? Is ruimte een

This is a short, entertaining and illuminating introduction to the history and culture of coffee, from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Afr

Als je elke ochtend begint met het eten van een levende kikker, zal de rest van de dag 'een makkie' zijn (aldus Mark Twain). 'Eat that frog' laat zien