September 23rd, 2008
Flamingnet Young Adult book blog has just posted an interview with Maureen McQuerry about some of her inspirations for Travelers Market, writing young adult fiction, her favorite books, and some great advice for young writers.
September 10th, 2008
by Maureen Doyle McQuerry
illustrated by John Murphy (see sample illustrations)
JUVENILE FICTION/Fantasy, 228 pages, with 13 original full-page BW illustrations
NEW FROM IDYLLS PRESS!
In this exciting sequel to Maureen McQuerry’s Wolfproof, the perilous worlds of myth and middle school once again collide as Timothy James Maxwell, his sister Sarah and their friend Jessica race against time and an ancient Evil to save their mother and restore peace and harmony to the Travelers Market.
An adventure for all ages in the tradition of C.S. Lewis’ The Narnia Chronicles.
about the author
read an excerpt
view sample illustrations from the book
discussion guide questions (coming soon)
interview with Maureen McQuerry about Wolfproo
ORDER THE PAPERBACK ($16.95 retail)
ISBN: 978-159597-012-1
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September 4th, 2008
Pauline Cooperator and Idylls’ friend Rae Stabosz has a lovely blog on the new “Storytelling in the Catholic Imagination” sections of five major Pauline Books and Media Centers. (For store locations, see our previous post.)
Above all, how exciting to see Rae’s pictures from the Philadelphia store, with two of our books sitting on the shelf right next to Bl. Flannery, surrounded by Lewis and Tolkien and Hansen and Waugh…be still, my heart! (Click on the pictures for close-ups.)
There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
— Wilfrid Ward, Reminiscences, 1877-1881
