Taking sides
By: Brian Gallagher
Publisher: O'Brien
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781847172792
Subjects: Ireland; Juvenile fiction; History; Revolutionaries; Social aspects; Social conditions
Description: Dublin, 1922. Working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street School. Through a classmate she meets Peter Scanlon, a student in Belvedere College. Peter sides with the rebels in the Civil War and carries messages for them. When Annie's life is threatened, he has to decide where his loyalties lie.
Notes: "A boy. A girl. A nation torn apart."