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Turner Publishing, Inc

Annotation: Wisconsin seventeen-year-old Fiona Kelly visits the father she never knew--and her half-brothers--in Belfast, Ireland, where she also connects with Danny, but their families' pasts may shatter what they have.

Genre: [Realistic fiction] [Love stories]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #6581781

Format: Paperback

Special Formats: High Low

Publisher: Turner Publishing, Inc

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 03/12/19

Pages: 251 pages

ISBN: 1-684-42252-3

ISBN 13: 978-1-684-42252-4

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2018040703

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Fathers and daughters. Fiction.
Family life. Ireland. Fiction.
Belfast (Northern Ireland). Fiction.
Northern Ireland. Fiction.
Ireland. History. 20th century. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist (Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2019)

Fiona and Danny struggle to overcome their families' pasts and be together after a chance meeting in post-Troubles Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fiona has lived in the U.S. with her mother since she was two, and now she has reconnected with her father and brothers. Danny strives to escape his violent and abusive life and help people by becoming a nurse in the army. Fiona and Danny find common ground in their difficult family relationships, but secrets in their respective families' pasts may be what drives them apart. The main characters' problematic lives are set against the backdrop of the religious tensions in Northern Ireland. Similar to Katie McGarry's Say You'll Remember Me (2018), Carlson's debut features characters with stark religious differences and histories that must be overcome. Once readers adjust to the narrative told in alternating perspectives nd Americans get comfortable with the Irish slang ey will find an endearing story full of pain, love, and strength.

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ALA Booklist (Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2019)

Reading Level: 6.0

Interest Level: 7-12

Lexile: HL690L

The Carnival at Bray meets West Side Story in Sarah Carlson's powerful YA debut; set in post-conflict Belfast (Northern Ireland), alternating between two teenagers, both trying to understand their past and preserve their future. Seventeen-year-olds, Fiona and Danny must choose between their dreams and the people they aspire to be. Fiona and Danny were born in the same hospital. Fiona's mom fled with her to the United States when she was two, but, fourteen years after the Troubles ended, a forty-foot-tall peace wall still separates her dad's Catholic neighborhood from Danny's Protestant neighborhood. Fiona was about to start a summer job to pay for a field study, her golden ticket into MIT. But then a letter from her allegedly deadbeat dad reveals he's always wanted to be in her life. Fiona returns to Belfast, where she learns the bloody truth her mother sheltered her from--her seemingly sweet father was a bomb maker for the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. Now there's only one person Fiona can count on, her older half-brother, Patrick. Danny's alcoholic father wants him to join the Loyalist paramilitary like him, but Danny dreams of making his deceased mother proud by becoming a nurse in the British Army. To reach his officer test and escape his father's abubse forever, Danny must find a way to earn a hundred twenty quid for a plane ticket without getting a criminal conviction. And make sure his father doesn't discover his plan. After chance brings Fiona and Danny together, their love of the band Fading Stars, big dreams, and desire to run away from their families unites them. Danny and Fiona must help one another overcome the burden of their parents' pasts. But one ugly truth might shatter what they have...

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