Dublin Bookshop Summer Hides Secrets and Sisterhood
Dublin’s bookshop setting gives this historical children’s novel immediate warmth, but sisterhood is the stronger hook. Sarah Webb adds secrets, deliveries and courage, making it appealing for readers who like gentle mystery with period detail and Irish feeling. Its warmth feels purposeful, not cosy filler.
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Dublin Bookshop Summer Hides Secrets and Sisterhood
Dublin’s bookshop setting gives this historical children’s novel immediate warmth, but sisterhood is the stronger hook. Sarah Webb adds secrets, deliveries and courage, making it appealing for readers who like gentle mystery with period detail and Irish feeling. Its warmth feels purposeful, not cosy filler.
- Book Synopsis
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A story of sisterhood, secrets and standing up for what you believe in from the award-winning author of The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street and The Weather Girls
It's 1956. When thirteen-year-old bookworm Rosy Heron and her big sister Martha are sent to Dublin to help their aunt Toto in her busy bookshop for the summer, their quiet lives change overnight.
The two sisters quickly become part of the Baggot Books team as junior booksellers and bicycle delivery girls. But the bookshop is also full of secrets. Where does their aunt disappear to at night, and what exactly is happening in the basement of the shop? Rosy is determined to solve the mystery, but she's not the only one interested in the goings-on in Baggot Books …
Ideal for readers who:
- Adore historical children’s fiction centered on sisterly bonds, hidden secrets and personal courage.
- Want to settle into a 1950s Dublin bookshop filled with bicycle deliveries, intrigue and unexpected change.
- Look for rich Irish settings where family loyalty, hard work and standing up for yourself truly matter.
- Prefer warm, accessible stories that beautifully balance gentle suspense with rich period detail.
- About The Author
- Sarah Webb is an award-winning children's writer. She won Irish Book awards for Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illustrated by Lauren O'Neill) and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (illustrated by Steve McCarthy). Sarah runs creative writing clubs for young writers, reviews children's books for the Irish Independent, programmes many children's and family events and works part-time in a children's bookshop. Passionate about bringing children and books together, Sarah was awarded the Children's Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Books in Ireland. www.sarahwebb.ie
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781788495943
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press, (04 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 271
- Weight
- 218 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 129 x 16.5 mm
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