A Boy From Ireland
Bullied because of the English father he barely remembers, fourteen-year-old Liam gladly leaves Connemara, Ireland, in 1901 with his uncle and sister, but his problems follow them to Hell's Kitchen in New York City, until he finds a way to leave the past behind.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: emigration and immigration, immigrants, irish americans, prejudices, family [X], new york (n.y.), ireland [X]
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.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: political prisoners, bog bodies, families, political violence, terrorism, ireland [X], family [X], family life
Scarlett
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.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
The Last Of The High Kings
When eleven year old jenny Liddy, in turmoil over learning that she is a changeling, makes a deal with a devil creature, she endangers the human race, but her own cleverness, her human and fairy fathers, and the last of Ireland's High Kings help to make things right.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
The Meanwhile Adventures
When Mister Mack gets arrested for supposedly robbing the bank, it is up to Rover the dog and the Mack children to rescue him and find their Guinness-record-breaking mother who is running around the world.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
subjects: family life, humorous fiction, family [X], humorous stories, dublin (ireland), ireland [X]
A Family In Ireland
Presents the life of a family living on a farm in County Galway, Ireland, describing the work of the parents and the school and recreational activities of the children.
941.5
year: 1986
copies: 1
call number/section: 941.5
lexile:
The Promise Of Light
In 1921, the son of an Irish immigrant sets out for Ireland to learn the truth about his family and his past.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: irish americans, birthparents, young men, family [X], ireland [X], adventure stories, bildungsromane
The Crooked Branch
After the birth of her daughter, Majella discovers the diary of her ancestor Ginny who tells a story of murder when Ginny had fled the famine of her country and settled in New York, and Majella sets out to explore Ginny's past, where she discovers the truth of her family.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mothers, identity (psychology), family [X], murder, ireland [X], psychological fiction, domestic fiction