Bridget and Sally are leaving rural Ireland for New York, to stay with a distant relative, Catherine, who has found jobs for them. Can the girls settle in to their strange new life and their jobs in America?
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- 2023
- 2021
The further adventures of Lily: life as a maid in Lissadell House is always interesting, but with her friendship with Maeve under strain, a war in Europe starting and uncertainty about her future, she needs all her wits about her!
- 2020
Lily Steps Up
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Lily and Nellie work hard as housemaids in Lissadell. And yet their days are full of friendship, fun, and even madcap bicycle rides with Maeve, daughter of the famous Republican, Countess Markievicz. But Nellie is all alone in the world; she grew up in the workhouse, where she was separated from her sisters. Lily longs to help her, but how can she?
- 2019
You've Got A Friend
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Best friends Molly and Beth embark on a journey to 1975 to uncover the origins of present-day issues. This sequel explores themes of friendship loyalty and the importance of pursuing one's dreams, highlighting how past events shape current realities. Their adventure emphasizes the significance of understanding history to address today's challenges.
- 2019
Lily at Lissadell
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
When Lily is a young teenager, the time comes for her and her friends to leave school and find work; some are emigrating to America, some going to work in shops. Lily is going into service in the Big House - Lissadell. A warm and engaging story about friendship, life in the early 20th century and how the political world affects everyone.
- 2017
Molly and Beth are best friends but they aren't too happy when their families move in together. But when the two are accidently transported back to the past, they have a chance to see the world through their parents' eyes ...
- 2017
To celebrate World Book Day, Judi Curtin has wriiten a special story featuring the characters from Time After Time. This time, Beth and Molly go forward in time! A journey to get a free phone becomes a discovery that Heather needs their friendship more than they ever realised. Can they fix things in time for Heather's party?
- 2017
In the second book in the Time After Time series our favourite time-travelling best friends are back! What if something happened long ago that still makes you sad? Graham is Molly and Beth's favourite uncle, so they really want to help him fix the past - and since the girls know of a mysterious door that can take them back in time, maybe they can! But how can they find who they're looking for without apps or social media? And what will the girls make of the 60s, where the hairstyles are wild, the slang is weird and no one's heard of ciabatta? And can they help Graham fix a friendship that was destroyed back in 1960? The girls soon discover that fun with friends is just the same whatever time you live in and that real friendship lasts forever - even when you're apart. This is an exciting story about time-travel, family, friendship and love.
- 2015
Alice to the Rescue
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the English essay competition - but it causes huge problems for Alice and Megan's friendship. The seventh book in Judi Curtin's bestselling series.
- 2015
Eva Gordon doesn't like mysteries - so when new girl Aretta hurries away after school every day Eva's determined to find out why. And Aretta's not the only person Eva's interested in - her friend's granny has been parted from her beloved dog, so Eva decides to cheer her up. But can she?
