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Siobhan Dowd

    February 4, 1960 – August 21, 2007

    Siobhan Dowd's writing is deeply informed by her passionate advocacy for human rights and social justice. Her literary contributions often delve into the complexities of censorship and the struggles of marginalized voices. Dowd's prose is recognized for its profound empathy and commitment to exploring challenging themes with nuance. She dedicated herself to promoting freedom of expression and supporting writers facing persecution.

    Bog Child
    A Swift Pure Cry
    The Guggenheim Mystery
    A Monster Calls
    A Monster Calls: Stories are wild creatures
    The roads of the Roma
    • 2017

      The Guggenheim Mystery

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      4.1(49)Add rating

      Robin Stevens is known for her engaging mystery novels aimed at young readers, often featuring clever plots and relatable characters. Her stories typically revolve around themes of friendship, teamwork, and the excitement of solving mysteries. With a unique blend of humor and suspense, Stevens captivates her audience, making her books not only entertaining but also thought-provoking. Her writing style encourages young readers to think critically and use their imagination, making her a standout author in children's literature.

      The Guggenheim Mystery
    • 2016

      Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill - an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss

      A Monster Calls: Stories are wild creatures
    • 2011

      De weg

      • 200 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.6(76)Add rating

      Het enige waar Holly Hogan geluk uit haalt, zijn de herinneringen aan haar moeder. Ze haat haar leven en haar pleeggezin. Alles verandert wanneer ze een pruik vindt. Met de blonde, glanzende lokken voelt ze zich een ander mens. Ze is nu Solace: een stoer meisje met een sexy loopje en een grote mond, dat gewoon wegloopt als iets haar niet bevalt. Een meisje dat op zoek gaat naar haar moeder in Ierland. Zo begint een bitterzoete en soms hilarische reis waarin Solace met flair de wereld ontdekt, en Holly op haar tenen meelift. Samen ontrafelen ze haar ware persoonlijkheid, en de geheimen uit het verleden.

      De weg
    • 2011

      A Monster Calls

      • 237 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      4.3(78905)Add rating

      The bestselling novel and major film about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

      A Monster Calls
    • 2009

      Bog Child

      • 326 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.7(36)Add rating

      Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him - his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what, a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls. Bog Child is an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.

      Bog Child
    • 2008

      The London Eye Mystery

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.7(345)Add rating

      When Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye, he turned and waved before getting on. After half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off - but no Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Since the police are having no luck finding him, Ted and Kat become sleuthing partners. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unputdownable spine-tingling thriller!

      The London Eye Mystery
    • 2006

      A Swift Pure Cry

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.8(49)Add rating

      After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most importantly, her developing relationship with childhood friend, Declan, charming, eloquent and persuasive. But when Declan suddenly leaves Ireland to seek his fortune in America, Shell finds herself pregnant and the centre of a scandal that rocks the small community in which she lives, with repercussions across the whole country. The lives of those immediately around her will never be the same again.

      A Swift Pure Cry
    • 1998

      This is an international anthology of English translations of Roma poetry and prose. The writings in this text reflect the 30 contributors shared experiences of prejudice, discrimination and persecution, as well as joy in nature and life. The lives of the contributors are told in brief biographical notes reflecting the many roads followed by the Roma in coming to terms with modern society.

      The roads of the Roma