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Conn of the dead
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- Book Synopsis
- After one misadventure too many, 11-year-old serial miscreant Conn is sent home from school. Picked up by his professor aunt Doireann, she takes him to her office in UCD's National Folklore Collection on the way home. Surrounded by old books and artefacts, it's only a matter of time before Conn puts a foot wrong ... Intrigued by a case marked 'hazardous', he opens it to reveal the ancient skull of the Abhartach, an undead sorcerer of terrible might. In doing so, he releases the monster, and a terrifying chase through the university ensues, as the bodiless sorcerer hunts Conn through every piece of technology it can find. Can Conn defeat the Abhartach before it regains its true power?
- About The Author
- Dave Rudden is an Irish author and scriptwriter. His bestselling book, Knights of the Borrowed Dark, was Children's Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2016 and is now a syllabus text for the Junior Cert. His first Dark Isle book, Conn of the Dead, was shortlisted for an An Post Irish Book Award in 2025. He is also the author of three official Doctor Who stories. He is a performer, creative-writing teacher and mentor, and was the 2022 and 2023 Ambassador for Ireland Reads. He is currently Writer-in Residence for the Kids Love Books podcast on RTÉ and at Dublin City University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781804582084
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gill Children's, (17 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 152
- Weight
- 150 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 mm
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