Bog child
In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles," eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog.
Main Author: | Dowd, Siobhan. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
David Fickling Books,
2008.
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Edition: | 1st American ed. |
Subjects: |
Summary: |
In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles," eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog. |
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Physical Description: |
321 p. ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780385751698 (trade) 0385751699 (trade) 9780385751704 (lib. bdg.) 0385751702 (lib. bdg.) 9780385614269 (hbk.) 0385614268 (hbk.) 0385614314 (pbk.) 9780385614313 (pbk.) |
Author Notes: |
She has written novels, short stories, columns and articles, and edited two anthologies. Her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, was published in March 2006 and won the Eilis Dillon award in Ireland for a first-time children's author and the Branford Boase Award. Her other novels are The London Eye Mystery, which won NASEN/TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award, Bisto Book of the Year prize, and Salford Children's Book Award; Bog Child; and Solace of the Road. She died of breast cancer on August 21, 2007 at the age of 47. Before her death, she set up the Siobhan Dowd Trust, where all the proceeds from her literary work will be used to assist disadvantaged children with their reading skills. (Bowker Author Biography) |