Search results for ""Author Kelly McCaughrain""

Winner of the Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year AwardWinner of the Northern Ireland Book Award"Filled with fantastical but real-feeling joy" - The Guardian"A warm hug of a book" - The Irish Independent"Highs, lows, love and laughter" - LoveReading4Kids"Witty and clever. This novel really does sparkle" - Roddy Doyle"Kelly McCaughrain is one to watch" - Susin NielsenA sweet and kooky romcom debut for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder, Sarah Crossan, and Susin Nielsen's We Are All Made of Molecules. Twins Finch and Birdie Franconi are stars of the flying trapeze. But when Birdie suffers a terrifying accident, Finch must team up with the geeky new kid, Hector Hazzard, to form an all-boys double act and save the family circus school. Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to who they are – all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz magic.

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A bittersweet Northern Irish romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of first relationships, and a young woman's right to choose her own future. "A fantastically clever novel" - Sarah Crossan"Full of authentic humour, youthful hyperbole and hope" - Books of the Year, The Big Issue"Deeply true. A book to press into the hands of others" - Deirdre Sullivan"Warm and wise" - The Bookseller"Everyone who loved Derry Girls, this is the book for you!" - Sarah Webb"Bursting with humour, compassion, and characters that fizz with life" - Padraig Kenny"Romantic, funny, important" - Jenny IrelandBeneath the New Year's Eve fireworks, shy science-nerd Mel and slacker songwriter Sid get pregnant on their first date. Any sixteen-year-olds would expect trouble – but this is Northern Ireland 2018, where abortion is still illegal. Mel's religious parents insist she must keep the baby, whilst Sid's feminist mum pushes for a termination.Mel and Sid are determined to do this together, but they soon discover that pregnancy is totally different for boys and girls. When their relationship starts to fall apart under all the pressure, Mel finds herself feeling alone with the impossible dilemma of the Little Bang growing inside her.

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