Gerard Whelan was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, and has lived and worked in several European countries. After some time living in Dublin, he has returned to live in his native Wexford. He is the author of many books for children and a multiple award-winner. His first novel, The Guns of Easter, won the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award for first-time writers. Dream Invader later won the Bisto Book of the Year Award. He has also been shortlisted for the Reading Association of Ireland awards. Gerard is also the author of A Winter of Spies and Out of Nowhere.
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Gerard Whelan: The Guns of Easter
It is 1916 and Europe is at war. From the poverty of the Dublin slums twelve-year-old Jimmy Conway sees it all as glorious, and loves the British Army for which his father is fighting.
But when war …
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Gerard Whelan: A Winter of Spies
A sequel to The Guns of Easter which won the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award and a Bisto Merit Award.
This books tells the exciting story of Sarah (Jimmy's young sister) and their family who are …
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Gerard Whelan: Out of Nowhere
A boy wakes up in bed in a room built of stone. He knows his name is Stephen, but he can remember nothing else about himself. He discovers that he's in a remote monastery being looked after by a …
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Gerard Whelan: War Children
Six stories — one set in Dublin, the others in the countryside — about children who get caught up in the War of Independence and suffer dire consequences.
Mattie Foley dreams of escaping the …
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