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Navigating Early

Navigating Early

10 February 2022 by Shirin

I remember going to the bookstore years ago without a booklist. I didn’t have any title or book in mind, but I knew that I wanted something different… something that would be out-of-this-world good. And boy, did I find a gem in Navigating Early! Clare Vanderpool doesn’t just write… she crafts magically mesmerizing stories that …

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The Roses In My Carpets

12 November 2021 by Shirin

This book touched me deeply. A young Afghani’s recurring nightmare pulls us into this story – “It’s always the same. The jets scream overhead.” He dreams of running to escape the bombs together with his mother and sister, Maha. In his dreams, they weigh him down and always, he wakes up to his bare home …

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Fields of Home

30 May 2022 by Shirin

Fields of Home by Marita Conlon-McKenna is the third and final volume of the Children of the Famine trilogy. (I have reviewed the first two books, Under the Hawthorn Tree and Wildflower Girl.) It has been twelve years since the Famine struck Ireland and the O’Driscoll siblings are now young adults and are still trying to build better lives. Eily and her husband …

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Wildflower Girl

30 May 2022 by Shirin

Wildflower Girl by Marita Conlon-McKenna is the sequel to Under the Hawthorne Tree. (You can read my review here.) This book sees Eily, Michael and Peggy alive and well six years later in Castletaggart. Aunt Lena is now dead and the girls and Aunt Nano try to eke out a living at the bake shop. …

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Hello, my name is Shirin. I'm a full-time bibliophile with a special place in my heart for children's literature and historical fiction. I'm a huge fan of the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mini and the 1960s. This is my blog, where I talk about good reads.

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