![]() ![]() We need more books that use ‘mam’ instead of ‘mum’ or that replace embarrassed with the much more descriptive ‘scarlet’. As good as similar books set in Britain, America or Australia are, they are just not our own. Unfortunately there is a dearth of books matching these specifications which are aimed at Irish readers. Joe Kelly JCSP Librarian told us, “’In Pieces’ is aimed at young people who want stories they can get through in a single sitting of about hour. ![]() ![]() ‘In Pieces’ has been created as part of an innovative writer-in-residence project which is part of the JCSP Demonstration Library Project 10 th anniversary celebrations and is set in the Natural History Museum and Glasnevin Cemetery. Although these have been available in the UK for some time via publisher Barrington Stoke, to date, there have been very few books like this aimed at young Irish readers. ![]() The group of eight second year students from Trinity Comprehensive School in Ballymun have teamed-up with author Kevin Mc Dermott ( Valentina, Little Island, 2012) to write their own novel, a ground-breaking book aimed at young people who prefer their books to be short and snappy. In an innovative move that is exactly the type of entrepreneurship we need to be fostering in Ireland, a group of Ballymun secondary school students have published a new novel ‘In Pieces’ for reluctant teen readers.
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