War Children

'Very powerful short stories for young adults' -- The Pat Kenny Show 'Excellent collection ... They will impel their readers towards new questioning as to what "war" actually is' -- Robert Dunbar - The Irish Times The Irish Times 'These stories ... are moving, thrilling and yet sometimes funny accounts of events just a couple of generations removed from where we are now.' -- Mary Arrigan - The Sunday Tribune The Sunday Tribune 'Gripping read ... his characters bring recent history to life' -- Evening Echo Evening Echo 'Roller-coasters of emotion ... A riveting read' -- Inis Magazine Inis Magazine 'Six emotionally charged stories, rural and urban, featuring feisty, likeable youngsters' -- The Sunday Independent The Sunday Independent

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 Eilis 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.