Finally, just in time for summer to be over, Lilac in Sunshine has hit the printing press. Maybe it's better this way, though. As the evenings draw in and we stay at home doing nothing, you can be transported to the summer of 1988, a time for first discos and dog-smuggling.
Ahem.
Here's the proper description for the new book: 'The music stopped with a screech at almost the same moment as they saw the DJ fall spectacularly off the stage. It looked like his turntable had been yanked from beneath him by some swiftly moving object.'
Primary school has ended and 12-year-old Lilac and her friends are all feeling a little unsure about the changes to come. Luckily, there’s a whole summer to get through first, and a family holiday to Spain provides plenty of distraction, with new friends and new experiences, not to mention smuggling Guzzler the dog on the car ferry.
When what happened in Spain doesn’t exactly stay in Spain, though, Lilac has to face up to a few truths. Are there just two types of people? Who was really behind the chaos at the campsite disco? Above all, can enemies ever be friends?
Lilac in Sunshine is the fourth book in the Lilac series (but it won't give too much away if you read it first). They're for readers aged 9-12, or anyone who enjoys a nostalgic view of the Irish Sea.
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If you're in Ireland or the UK or anywhere else in the world, go forth to the links at the bottom of the the Buy the Books page and order your copy now (The Book Depository will be available soon). If you're in the USA, or especially in Greenbelt, you might want to wait until the copies I've just ordered arrive and the Festival of Lights gets started, because I'll have some great deals on multiple books and personally signed copies during November and December.
Read, enjoy, and don't forget to leave me a review on Amazon on Goodreads! Every time you positively review a book, a penguin angel gets its wings!
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