Roddy Doyle
Author
Language
English
Description
An imaginative short story inspired by real events, taken from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, and written and illustrated by two award-winning talents Told from the perspective of the Russian dog Tsygan, this is the incredible true story of the Soviet space dogs – the first living creatures to be sent into space and the 'star dogs' of the title. Roddy Doyle's brilliantly accessible voice is complemented by the illuminating illustrations of Steve...
2) Smile
Author
Language
English
Description
--Victor? I looked up when I heard when I heard my name but I couldn't see a thing. I was sitting near the open door and the light coming through was a solid sheet between me and whoever had spoken. My eyes were watering a bit - they did that. I often felt that they were melting slowly in my head. --Am I right? It was a man. My own age, judging by the shape, the black block he was making in front of me now, and the slight rattle of middle age in his...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliantly warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Love and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone the same. But living under lockdown, it changes us alone. In these ten beautifully moving short stories written mostly over the last year, Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle paints a collective portrait of our strange...
5) Love
Author
Language
English
Description
"Two old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Davy and Joe were drinking pals back in their Dublin youth. Davy rarely sees Joe for a pint anymore--maybe one or two when Davy comes over from England to check on his elderly father. But tonight Davy's father is dying in the hospice, and Joe has a secret that...
6) The guts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in the triumphant new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author The distinct wit and lively, authentic dialogue that are the hallmarks of Roddy Doyle's fiction are on a full display as he reintroduces Jimmy Rabbitte in this follow-up to his beloved debut novel The Commitments. In the 1980s Jimmy Rabbitte formed the Commitments, a ragtag, blue-collar collective of Irish youths determined to bring the soul...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky twelve-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Gran is dying. But Gran can't let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary's street with a message for her Gran, Mary gets pulled into an unlikely adventure"--
8) Brilliant
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Black Dog of depression has descended over Dublin, but siblings Rayzer and Gloria are determined to stop it, and soon they are joined by thousands of other children and some magical animals on a chase through the streets, parks, and beaches of Dublin.
Author
Series
The last roundup (Roddy Doyle) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Irish rebel Henry Smart unsuccessfully collaborates with a legendary director before taking work as a caretaker at a Dublin boys' school, where he meets a woman who may be his long-lost wife.
10) Bullfighting
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of stories set in modern Ireland explores a theme of loss, from a man who remembers his early family life while taking daily prescribed walks to a father who considers the impact of his children's pets.
Author
Series
Rover adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
A talking dog, the Mack children, and the small elf-like Gigglers themselves must try to stop the prank that the Gigglers have mistakenly set in motion to punish Mr. Mack for being mean to his children.
Author
Series
Paula Spencer novels volume 1
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
An Irish woman's account of marriage to a drinker and a sadist. The novel follows Paula Spencer, housewife and mother, as she struggles to reclaim her dignity. By the author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Author
Series
Rover adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
When Rudolph comes down with the flu, it's up to Rover the dog and the Mack children to help Santa complete his Christmas deliveries.
Author
Series
The last roundup (Roddy Doyle) volume 1
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
An IRA terrorist who fought for Irish independence in 1910s Dublin tells his story. He is Henry Smart, son of a brothel bouncer, who becomes a street urchin after his father goes to jail and his mother turns senile. He joins the movement and rises in its ranks to participate in the 1916 Easter Rising, including the famous attack on the post office.
16) Paula Spencer
Author
Series
Paula Spencer novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four-months-sober Dublin widow Paula Spencer begins the difficult process of repairing her relationships with her children--John Paul, a recovering heroin addict with two children; her bossy sales representative daughter, Nicola; her twenty-two-year-old, Leanne, who lives at home and has developed a drinking problem herself; and her sixteen-year-old, Jack--who resent her years of drinking and untrustworthiness.
Author
Series
Rover adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
When Mister Mack gets arrested for supposedly robbing the bank, it is up to Rover the dog and the Mack children to rescue him and find their Guinness-record-breaking mother who is running around the world.
19) The Commitments
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Story of a young rebel soul band from the Dublin ghetto, and their struggle to make it in the music business.
20) Wilderness
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As Irish teenager Gráinne anxiously prepares for a reunion with her mother, who abandoned the family years before, Gráinne's half-brothers and their mother take a dogsledding vacation in Finland.