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Brilliant

Ages 7 to 11

Synopsis

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29 January 2015
256 pages
9781447248774
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Reviews

The children of Dublin battle a terrible malaise through the use of a special word, and a good dose of magic realism.
This novel is simply brilliant, without wanting to say that I had to say it. Roddy Doyle's trademark dialogue with some really great, entertaining characters for children works wonderfully. . . I expect nothing less from one of Ireland's finest and am so pleased his children's fiction is as wonderful as his adult's.
A sensitive and excellently written portrayal of depression and the effects on not just the individual but those around them. Would be great paired with Levi Pinfold's Black Dog and used as a discussion point.
In a word? Brilliant! Of course.