Independence: War in Ireland, 20 - 21 November 1920

by Jim Eldridge

November 1920. Ireland is in the middle of a bloody war for independence. One Sunday, events come to a head and an exciting football match turns into a survival battle for eleven-year-old Liam Donnelly. Soldiers shooting, machine guns firing, bodies falling on the pitch... How will Liam make it out of the stadium alive? And even if he does, is there anywhere safe left to go?

Genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction

68 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 7, 2017

About the author

Jim Eldridge is the author of many books for children, including titles in the My Story series, the Warpath books, and How to Handle Grown-Ups. He has had 250 TV scripts broadcast in the UK and internationally for children's and teen television, and is also the creator and writer of Radio 4's long-running comedy-drama series, King Street Junior.

Reviews

[Aisha Ditta]

1.5.
I only picked this up because of the cover, isn't it so pretty? But the story just wasn't good enough it was so short. There was too much information packed into a 99 page book so the characters weren't well developed, the plot was too simple, basically the only thing that happens is what you read on the blurb.

[n]

This is a short book about Ireland's Bloody Sunday.

The story is half-decent, though not incredibly well-written. It's definitely useful for, perhaps, a history unit on this topic or should you need a quick-to-get-through book for historical fiction.

The prologue is pointless, as it's a complete retelling of some of the chapters (so it would've been better if that wasn't included at all). It's almost like an afterthought, to be honest.