Alison Isaac is a blogger friend and a great writer. I knew that already from reading her blog and some of her excellent short stories. We share a love of Irish history and legend (more or less the same thing) and Alison is a fund of detailed knowledge for anyone intrigued by the origins of myths. Still, her Conor Kelly stories are for children, and I wondered whether I would enjoy them. I believe we as adults judge children’s literature in very much the same way we judge any book. If it doesn’t cut the mustard for an adult, why should intelligent children like it? I came to The Four Treasures of Eirean with a bit of trepidation because I really wanted to like it. I didn’t. I loved it.
Conor Kelly is an unconventional hero. For one thing he can’t speak, for another he is bound to a wheelchair…
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