Summary: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRE

Sattin, Samuel

Summary: Ben, a ten-year-old Irish boy, discovers his mute sister Saoirse, whom he blames for the apparent death of his mother, is a selkie who has to free faerie creatures from the Celtic goddess Macha.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC SAT (Graphic Novel)

Summary: In a remote medieval outpost of Ireland, young Brendan embarks on a new life of adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying a book brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SEC

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Secret 2010

Gleeson, Brendan

Summary: A young boy in medieval Ireland must brave the enchanted forest and its mythical creatures to help the master illuminator complete his magical book which will bring enlightenment to all.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SEC

Summary: When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself. The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SON

Sattin, Samuel

Summary: Robyn Goodfellowe and her father arrive in Kilkenny, Ireland tasked with hunting the last of the wolves, but Robyn's friendship with Mebh, a girl living in the forests and protecting the wolves, threatens everything Robyn--and her father--hold dear.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC SAT