Things are never dull in the O’Connell family. Still, Fiona, squeezed between her quiet brother and her mischievous line-dancing twin sisters, thinks life in their tenement flat is far less interestin
Deirdre has lived in the castle all her short life. Apprentice to her mother, she embroiders the robes for one of Scotland's finest families. She can capture, with just a few delicate stitches, the ri
This collection of stories gives voice to a variety of different characters: from a little girl who wants to look 'subtle' for her father's funeral, a child who has an email pen pal on Jupiter and an