Judi Curtin

Molly and Beth are best friends and love spending time together. But when their two families move in together, maybe they are a little too close for comfort! Out shopping one day they need to avoid the most embarrassing encounter ever with Molly's mum, and hide in a shop they had never noticed before. When they leave by the side door, they realise immediately that something is not right! Transported back to the past, where mobile phones don't work and the world feels very different, they realise that they have a chance to see the world through their parents' eyes. Before finding their way home, can they see what their own pasts looked like?

Time After Time

Roisin Meaney

Two schools, one in Ireland and one in England, have decided to set up a pen-pal programme between their pupils. Luke is hoping to get an English boy to write to, but instead he gets stuck with Elma, who would prefer an Irish girl as her penpal. Reluctantly, the two begin their correspondence. Life is not going well for either Luke or Elma, so they invent new, more glamorous lives for themselves in their letters, little realising how similar their true lives actually are. However, when things take a turn for the worse, Elma has no one to confide in except Luke. He offers some useful advice and in turn tells the truth about his life and family. Together they realise that things are beginning to look up....

See If I Care

Minha Vizinha Alice

Hi! I'm Lauren and lately I've discovered something strange about my cat Saturn. Something very strange indeed . . . And this time it wasn't just me, but also my best friend Tilly who magically travelled back in time with him. Imagine our surprise to find ourselves in Ancient Rome, where no one spoke our language - and they wanted to sell us as slaves! But that wasn't the scariest bit. Because when the tremors started, and the smoke appeared, we knew our adventure was about to explode . . .

Friends Forever: Double Trouble

To celebrate World Book Day, Judi Curtin has written a special story featuring the characters from Time After Time. Follow Beth and Molly on their latest adventure. Beth receives an invite to a party from a quiet classmate named Heather and Beth is not impressed. Parties are meant to be fun right? But, if parties are hosted by a quiet girl like Heather then they turn out just so awkward. Beth and Molly decide not to go. Beth's phone is a heap of junk and she wants a new one. The only problem is... she has no money to buy one. They set off on another time travelling adventure in an attempt to win a new mobile phone - this time they travel two days into the future! A journey to get a free phone becomes a discovery that Heather needs their friendship more than they ever realised. Can they fix things in time for Heather's party?

Fast Forward -- WBD 2017

With her wild red hair, hippy clothes and High Nelly bicycle, Claire is known as a loveable eccentric. Neighbours and friends in her Cork suburb regard her as 'colourful' and 'interesting', avoiding words like 'downright odd'. But Claire feels a fraud. The illusion of suburban bliss is just that - an illusion. And one that papers over the cracks of the past. Fifteen years before, she had been a carefree student backpacking around the Greek islands, looking for no more than the hottest clubs and a bit of romance. But something changed that, shattering her innocence forever. Now all those years later, the dreams have returned, and Claire finds she has to go back to Mykonos to lay the ghosts of the past to rest - even if that means sacrificing her marriage. There, it will take the warmth of the sun, the easy pace of life and the love of a wonderful man to help her. Also by Judi Curtin: Sorry, Walter

From Claire to Here

"Hi, I'm Lauren, and you won't believe the amazing adventure I just had... It all started when we got a cat. No ordinary cat! Saturn has long white hair, eyes that don't match and... it seems... strange powers..."--Back cover.

The Time Spell

Friends Forever

Friends Forever: They Mystery Tour is the third book in this wonderful series of friendship stories from Ireland's best-selling author for 8-12 year old girls, Judi Curtin. Blackouts, gas masks and rationing - the truest friendships are made in the hardest times . . . Hi, this is Lauren again! My special cat, Saturn, has quite a skill for travelling far, far away, and I don't mean in distance. My best friend, Tilly, and I were ready for our next mystery tour adventure . . . This time we landed in London in 1939 as the first bombs of the Second World War were about to drop. Luckily we met a new friend, Violet, just in time to catch the evacuation train into the countryside. But there we were going to face all sorts of war-time challenges . . . Judi Curtin was born in London and grew up in Cork. She now lives in Limerick with her family. She has three children and a cat called Domino. Domino does not have any superpowers - as far as Judi knows. In her spare time, Judi likes to read, play Scrabble and grow tomatoes. She is Ireland's best-selling fiction author for 8-12 girls with her Alice & Megan series. www.judicurtin.com

Friends Forever: The Mystery Tour

The latest great book from the author of the best-selling ‘Eva’ and ‘Alice & Megan’ series. Eva Gordon’s great at solving problems, but surely even she can’t fix something that went wrong in the past? When Eva and Kate find an old diary, written long ago by a girl their own age, they end up determined to right old wrongs! But they can’t spend all their time living in the past as the present, too, is throwing all sorts of challenges at them … But when the girls get together they can handle anything! Eva and the Hidden Diary has been nominated for Novel of the Year in the Irish Book Awards! Cast your votes here, until 21 November: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Eva and the Hidden Diary

Winning is a good thing, isn’t it? Everyone in first year is really excited about the big prize in the English essay competition – four months in France – and Alice has a good chance of winning. Megan loves writing essays, but she doesn’t want to win – go away for four months alone, no way! She doesn’t want Alice to go either – why would anyone want to go abroad without her best friend? But Alice seems determined to win ... How much should you give up for your best friend? The seventh book in Judi Curtin's bestselling series.

Alice to the Rescue

Fun, feisty Eva Gordon's never been one to shy away from helping her friends - whether they want her help or not! - but this time she might have found a problem that's too big even for her … When Eva and her family head to Seacove for their summer holidays, she's looking forward to seeing Kate again, but it turns out things have gone very wrong for Kate. Her granny's in the hospital, and with no else to look after her, Kate's hiding out at home by herself, afraid she's going to be taken into care. Eva tries to be a good friend and help her out, but how long can a twelve-year-old manage by herself? It's not just Kate who needs Eva's help, though helping Ruby turns out to be a LOT more fun! Ruby needs Eva to keep her company on a trip to London where she's trying out for a scholarship. Is there any way the trip away with Ruby can help everyone sort things out? It seems impossible, but if you have a problem that needs solving, just leave it to Eva! Eva’s third book from bestselling author Judi Curtin.

Leave it to Eva

A best friend is forever, isn’t she? Megan can’t wait to go away to Summer Camp with her best friend Alice. It will be fantastic – no organic porridge, no school, nothing but fun! But when Alice makes friends with Hazel, Megan begins to feel left out. Hazel’s pretty, sophisticated and popular, and Alice seems to think she’s amazing. Is Megan going to lose her very best friend? 'A funny realistic story ideal for any Jacqueline Wilson fan' Irish Independent

Alice in the Middle

The latest great book from the author of the best-selling ‘Eva’ and ‘Alice & Megan’ series Eva Gordon doesn't like mysteries – so when new girl Aretta hurries away after school every day Eva's determined to find out why. And Aretta's not the only person Eva's interested in – her friend's granny has been parted from her beloved dog, so Eva decides to cheer her up. But can she? Eva finds that some things are too big and complicated for one girl to deal with on her own ... but she has a talent for bringing people together, and together people can do almost anything!

Only Eva

Two fantastic new stories especially for World Book Day Eva's back and solving problems in her own special way

Ask Eva (World Book Day 2013)

Blackouts, gas masks and rationing - the truest friendships are made in the hardest times... Hi, this is Lauren again! My special cat, Saturn, has quite a skill for traveling far, far away, and I don't mean in distance. My best friend, Tilly, and I were ready for our next mystery tour adventure...

The Mystery Tour

Rich, spoilt, high-maintenance Eva Gordon likes fancy, sophisticated things so when her parents sell their sell their holiday home and their expensive car Eva can’t understand why. But when Eva’s dad loses his job and she has to move house and change schools, she realises life has changed for good. She’s determined to hate her new life, until a chance visit to a fortune teller gives her the idea that doing good may help her to get her old life back. Eva (with the help of her friend Victoria) starts to help all around her, whether they want it or not! The story of Eva’s Journey from spoilt princess to pretty cool girl!

Eva's Journey

Eva Gordon likes fashion, fun and hanging out with friends, so she can't believe she has to spend the entire summer in a cottage in the countryside with her parents and eight-year-old Joey. Worse, it looks like she's going to be stuck with Kate, the girl next door who doesn't care about being cool ... it's Eva's worst nightmare come true! But when the girls have to pull together to solve a problem, Eva finds out that there's more to life than having the right hair or clothes and sometimes 'weird' girls can make the best friends.

Eva's Holiday

The fantastic follow-up to Time After Time and Stand By Me Families are so complicated! Molly’s dad seems so lonely. He lives on his own, he won’t get a pet, he doesn’t get on with his brother ... Best friends Molly and Beth suspect his problems lie in his past, but what can two thirteen-year-olds do about that? Well, when they have a time-travelling door, maybe they CAN do something. The girls go back to 1975 hoping to right some wrongs – if they can navigate 1970s cars, food and boybands – and if the colourful fashions don’t blind them first! A heart-warming story of sticking with your friends and hanging on to your dreams!

You've Got A Friend

It's spring mid-term, and Alice has invited Megan to visit her in Dublin. Megan is hoping for a nice trouble-free few days with her best friend. No such luck! She soon discovers that Alice is once again plotting and scheming. It seems that Alice's Mum Veronica has a new boyfriend. The plan is to discover who he is, and to get rid of him. Alice (with poor Megan in tow) becomes totally horrible in an effort to scare the poor man away. Can this possibly work? Just how horrible can she be? And how can Megan stand by and watch while her best friend turns into a total monster? 'A must-read for girls aged 10 and up, this has the Jacqueline Wilson touch' Evening Echo

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