Learn about Irelands original rebel girl in this exciting new series of inspirational Irish lives In an exciting new series of books for children, John and Fatti Burke go deeper into the lives and subjects first introduced in Irelandopedia, Historopedia and Focliropedia. This first book focusses on Granuaile, the daughter of a great trader and sea captain, Eoghan OMalley of Mayo. Living in a castle on Clare Island 500 years ago, Granuaile spent her childhood on the sea in boats of all shapes and sizes. Granuailes parents wanted her to do what other girls did, to be a good girl and get married and settle down. But Granuaile had other ideas This superb illustrated book on this historic icon and fearless leader is a must to begin every childs collection of inspiring Irish lives.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 7-11 years.

There are 32 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2018 by Gill .

Kathi `Fatti' Burke is an Irish illustrator. She lives in Amsterdam. John Burke is Fatti's dad. He is a retired primary school teacher and principal. He lives in Waterford. Together they created the bestselling, award-winning series of books, Irelandopedia, Historopedia and Focloiropedia.