Irish Civil War 1922-23: AVA's Diary

Life sucks for twelve-year-old Irish-American Ava when she is dragged to Dublin by her mother during her parents’ bitter break-up. She is bullied at her new school and her only friend is moody teenage neighbour Mal, who has secrets of his own.

But when Ava finds an emerald and a bundle of old letters in the attic, she is plunged into a historical mystery linking the missing Crown Jewels of Tsarist Russia to the heart of Ireland’s bloody Civil War in 1922.

Who was the author of the letters – young medical student Molly O’Donovan? Why did her brother Jack the Cat smuggle the jewels from the United States? And did her football-mad cousin Dan make it through the seaborne invasion of the south to put down the rebels?

Through the eyes of Molly, Ava encounters the death of Michael Collins, deadly ambushes in Kerry and the tragic fate of former comrades.

As Ava learns about the tragedy of the Civil War, she is forced to confront the conflict in her own life. Can the journey into the past help her to learn the importance of reconciliation and new beginnings?

Viata este de rahat pentru irlandezul american Ava, in varsta de doisprezece ani, cand este tarata la Dublin de mama ei in timpul despartirii amare a parintilor. Ea este hartuita la noua ei scoala si singurul ei prieten este Mal, vecin adolescent, care are secrete proprii, dar cand Ava gaseste un smarald si un pachet de scrisori vechi in pod, ea se arunca intr-un mister istoric care leaga cei disparuti. Bijuteriile coroanei Rusiei tariste in inima razboiului sangeros al Irlandei in 1922. Cine a fost autorul scrisorilor - tanarul student la medicina Molly O'Donovan?