Dancing for Danger: A Meggy Tale - Softcover

Griffin, Margot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773761365 ISBN 13: 9780773761360

Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

"Run, Dan, run! This may be the most important hide-and-seek game of our lives."

Danny tumbled. Meggy scooped him up and carried him to the tunnel-like entrance in the hawthorn hedge. She pulled her brother's back to her chest and told him to cover his face with his hands so the thorns wouldn't scratch him. As they trembled there, a rush of footsteps padded by. The sound was too soft for a soldier's boots. Meggy prayed that the owner of the footsteps would soon find a place to hide. She felt something warm on her hands. Blood was trickling down Danny's bare legs where the thorns had scratched them. Still, the hurt was smaller than what they would suffer if the soldiers caught them.

Meggy and Dan escape the notice of the soldiers " this time " but their hedge school is destroyed and they must find another secret place to learn. The English have outlawed the education of Irish Catholics and if they are caught learning, it would mean big trouble for both the children and their families. Meggy and her classmates find another place to learn, but if the soldiers find them again, they may not be so lucky. This is the first of a set of charming stories told with an Irish lilt, a hint of laughter, and sense of high adventure.

About this title

About the Author

Margot Griffin

Edition details

• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773761365
• ISBN 13: 9780773761360
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Burden P. John
• Number of pages: 93