Product Description: In 1957 Dublin's Pike Theatre-famous for discovering Behan and premiering Waiting for Godot-staged Tennessee Williams's celebrated play, The Rose Tattoo, to packed audiences. Shortly after, the theatre director was arrested on the grounds of indecency, and the theatre was later forced to close entirely...read more

This volume features six stories about children who get caught up in the Irish War of Independence and suffer dire consequences. One of the stories is set in Dublin, the others in the countryside.

In 1920 Dublin, eleven-year-old Sarah Conway learns that Ireland's struggle for independence, led by Michael Collins, is waged not only with guns but also with spies, lies, and secrets.

Stephen and Kirsten wake up in a monastery in a remote part of Ireland with no memories, only to learn that there are no other people in the deserted area outside its gates, and someone--or something--is leaving bloodless corpses behind. (view table of contents)

Saskia's young cousin Simon is having terrible dreams, and when an old woman enters the scene, Saskia watches the forces of good and evil fight for control of the child (view table of contents)

Jimmy's loyalties are divided when fighting comes to Dublin's streets during Easter of 1916.