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Like many other teens, I was captivated by this five book series about a Catholic boy and Protestant girl in Belfast who fall in love, thus upsetting their families.
Lingard's website describes the book thus:
It all began with a dare. The idea of sneaking into the Protestant area to daub slogans under the mural of King Billy seems thrilling and exciting to Kevin and his Catholic friends. But feelings run high in Belfast and in the end paint-splashing turns into something far more dangerous. The on ...more
Lingard's website describes the book thus:
It all began with a dare. The idea of sneaking into the Protestant area to daub slogans under the mural of King Billy seems thrilling and exciting to Kevin and his Catholic friends. But feelings run high in Belfast and in the end paint-splashing turns into something far more dangerous. The on ...more
The interactions of Protestants and Catholics in Belfast around the 12th of July. Again quite enjoyable. However, Joan's books are aimed at a younger audience than me, and for both of them I think, I would have enjoyed them more if I'd read them as an early teen and now reread them, so I had the nostalgic bonus to 'boost' them.
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Jan 05, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
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Jun 10, 2014
Deb
marked it as to-read
