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62) Firefly Summer
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Description
Kate and John Ryan have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern...four lovely children.. and such wonderful dreams. But this is bout to change as American millionaire Patric O'Neill come to town with money to burn. Love and hate vie for the town's quiet heart, and old traditions begin to crumble away.... Patric faces his own crisis of conscience and heart as the events he sets in motion take on a life of their own in a town that will...
Author
Series
Emerald ballad volume 3
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Irish poet-patriot Morgan Fitzgerald, weary of the struggle just to survive in Ireland, finds new hope in his love for Finola, while in America, Morgan's friend Michael, a policeman, declares war against organized crime, not realizing his own son has been lured into the schemes of New York gangster Patrick Walsh.
66) Forever: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 33
Description
Cormac O'Connor, who arrives in New York City from Ireland in 1741, has been given the gift of immortality--but only on the condition that he never leave the island of Manhattan. Through his eyes, this magical epic follows the city's transformation from a burgeoning settlement to the thriving metropolis of the present day. But this is also Cormac's story as he explores the mysteries of time and immortality, death and loss, sex and love
67) Land of promise
Author
Series
Ellis Island trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1902 fifteen-year-old Rose travels from Ireland to join family members in Chicago, where she must use all her resources to deal with her father's drinking and her brothers' dangerous involvement in politics.
68) The other side
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Description
Vincent and Ellen MacNamara travel from Ireland to the American dream, as they imagine it, in the early part of the 20th century.
69) No safe harbor
Author
Series
Edge of freedom volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
The Thrill of Romantic Suspense Meets the Romance of 1800s America Lured by a handful of scribbled words across a faded letter, Cara Hamilton sets off from 1896 Ireland on a quest to find the brother she'd thought dead. Her search lands her in America, amidst a houseful of strangers and one man who claims to be a friend--Rourke Walsh. Despite her brother's warning, Cara decides to trust Rourke and reveals the truth about her purpose in America. But...
70) Whiskey Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Once a struggling community of Irish immigrants, Lake Erie's Whiskey Island has a past as colorful as the patrons who frequent the Whiskey Island Saloon. A local gathering place for generations, the saloon is now run by the Donaghue sisters, whose lives and hearts have been shaped by family tragedy and a haunting mystery.
When an act of violence sets the wheels of fate in motion, Megan Donaghue, a woman unwilling to trust in love, and Niccolo Andreani,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The Irish dialect and vivid watercolor illustrations integrated throughout the story add richness to this charming tale."
-Children's Literature
"Lucky O'Leprechaun is a beautifully illustrated, bright and lively tale."
-The Midwest Book Review
"An entertaining addition for the holiday shelves."
-School Library Journal
Legend has it that most leprechauns are content spending their days counting their gold and playing tricks on unsuspecting...
Author
Series
Emerald ballad volume 2
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 19
Formats
Description
In Heart of the Lonely Exile, Book Two of BJ Hoff's acclaimed and bestselling Emerald Ballad series, readers will find heroine, Nora Kavanagh struggling to build a new life for herself and her son Daniel in America. With help from a wealthy American family and friendship and support from a British gentleman, Nora nevertheless finds herself caught in a conflict of the heart.
Michael Burke, a strong, dedicated Irish policeman, desperately wants to keep...
76) Irish eyes
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
"When Callahan Garrity gets caught in a liquour store holdup on the way home from a St. Paddy's Day party, one of her best friends is shot. Callahan and her House Mouse cleaning crew dive into the investigation -- only to discover that her old friend might have been working both sides of the law as an accomplice in a string of robberies. It will take every trick they've got to pierce the veil of secrecy surrounding an Irish police organization and...
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Description
1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating downtown Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy...
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Description
A memoir of Hamill's drinking days as a Brooklyn youth and young reporter. Sober 20 years, Hamill looks back on his family life in Brooklyn during the Depression and WW II, when his father Billy's drinking became a model for his own liquid career, despite a vow not to follow in dad's footsteps.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Set amongst the deadly coal mine fires of 1960s Pennsylvania, The Hollow Ground is an extraordinary debut that will "grab you by the brisket and not let go." (Gary Shteyngart) "We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to say. Basement floors too hot to touch. Steaming green lawns in the dead of winter. Sinkholes, quick and sudden, plunging open at your feet."The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced Brigid Howley and...
Author
Series
Emerald ballad volume 4
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Description
In Book Four of her bestselling The Emerald Ballad Series, BJ Hoff continues to build the drama and excitement of her sweeping mid-19th century Irish American saga.
In Ireland, poet, patriot, and schoolmaster Morgan Fitzgerald is locked in conflict with his closest friend's rebel son-who steals the heart of Morgan's adopted daughter. Among the streets of New York, Pastor Jess Dalton and his feisty wife, Kerry, continue to battle against poverty and...