The story explores the friendship between Molly and Beth as they navigate the challenges of their families merging. Their unexpected journey back in time allows them to experience their parents' lives, providing insights into their family's history and the dynamics that shaped their relationships. This adventure not only tests their bond but also deepens their understanding of the complexities of family and friendship.
Bridget and Sally are leaving rural Ireland for New York, to stay with a distant relative, Catherine, who has found jobs for them. Can the girls settle in to their strange new life and their jobs in America?
The further adventures of Lily: life as a maid in Lissadell House is always interesting, but with her friendship with Maeve under strain, a war in Europe starting and uncertainty about her future, she needs all her wits about her!
When Lily is a young teenager, the time comes for her and her friends to leave school and find work; some are emigrating to America, some going to work in shops. Lily is going into service in the Big House - Lissadell. A warm and engaging story about friendship, life in the early 20th century and how the political world affects everyone.
Lily and Nellie work hard as housemaids in Lissadell. And yet their days are full of friendship, fun, and even madcap bicycle rides with Maeve, daughter of the famous Republican, Countess Markievicz. But Nellie is all alone in the world; she grew up in the workhouse, where she was separated from her sisters. Lily longs to help her, but how can she?
In the second book in the Time After Time series our favourite time-travelling best friends are back! What if something happened long ago that still makes you sad? Graham is Molly and Beth's favourite uncle, so they really want to help him fix the past - and since the girls know of a mysterious door that can take them back in time, maybe they can! But how can they find who they're looking for without apps or social media? And what will the girls make of the 60s, where the hairstyles are wild, the slang is weird and no one's heard of ciabatta? And can they help Graham fix a friendship that was destroyed back in 1960? The girls soon discover that fun with friends is just the same whatever time you live in and that real friendship lasts forever - even when you're apart. This is an exciting story about time-travel, family, friendship and love.
Molly a Beth jsou nejlepší kamarádky: tráví spolu čas po škole, sdělují si tajemství a vždycky si užijí spoustu legrace, když u sebe mohou přespat. Mít někoho tak blízkého je prima, dokud... se máma jedné a táta druhé do sebe nezamilují. Molly a Beth teď musí bydlet spolu a vůbec se jim to nelíbí. Zvláštním kouzlem se přesunou do 80. let minulého století, kdy lidé nosili podivné účesy. Kvůli vlasům ale v čase necestují, výlet do minulosti jim umožní vidět svět očima rodičů.
Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the English essay competition - but it causes huge problems for Alice and Megan's friendship. The seventh book in Judi Curtin's bestselling series.
Eva Gordon doesn't like mysteries - so when new girl Aretta hurries away after school every day Eva's determined to find out why. And Aretta's not the only person Eva's interested in - her friend's granny has been parted from her beloved dog, so Eva decides to cheer her up. But can she?
Megan and Alice are starting secondary school; with new subjects, new teachers and new friends, it's going to take a bit of getting used to. The sixth book in Judi Curtin's bestselling series.