Books with author Joan O'Brien

A pizza, a moon, and a balloon will never look the same! For twentyfive years, John O’Brien has contributed quirky and one-of-a-kind cartoons to the pages of the New Yorker. Now readers are invited into O’Brien’s lopsided universe with a hilarious collection of cartoons created especially for this volume. A farmer, a knight, a clown, and other off-the- wall characters find themselves in an absurd world where the moon is a Frisbee and a hungry pizza may gobble them up. Visual gags will tickle readers’ funny bones and tease their brains, sometimes all at once. Humor fans can expect the unexpected in this wildly entertaining cartoon collection from a brilliant comic mind.

The third Danny Wilde book'Enjoy your football and you'll always be a winner!' yelled the coach.The Crokes are doing well in the football league this season, but off the pitch things aren't so good; Danny's dad, the Crokes' coach, is having a hard time - he's worried about his job, and his friends' daughter, Clara, is sick and needs an expensive operation.But GAA is like one big family, and when Danny and the Crokes hear that Clara is the captain of her GAA team in Boston, they're determined to raise money for her. Despite some hitches along the way - like trouble with Trinity, the girl he has his eye on - between training, school and a fundraising football marathon, Danny and the Crokes make this a season to remember!

‘How do you play every game?’ yelled Mick. ‘Like the All-Ireland Final!’ cheered the whole dressing room.Danny Wilde wants one thing more than anything else in the world and that’s to get his GAA team, Littlestown Crokes, to the top of the League. With the help of his dad, their coach, Mick, he knows they can win.Things go wrong, when Danny stays with his horrible uncle and aunt, who know nothing about GAA, can the Crokes can make it after all?Danny comes up with a brilliant plan, but needs a whole lot of help to make it work …The first title in a fantastic NEW Sports Fiction series

Save the queen. Save history. Finish his homework. All in a day’s work for Jack Christie.Jack and Angus have been fully integrated into VIGIL life – live your life as normal and keep the secret. But at least secrets aren’t being kept from them, even if Jack has a tracker on him so VIGIL can make sure he’s safe from the Revisionists. But one day Jack gets a mysterious text, and Angus persuades him to break his radius to meet this secret “admirer.”The admirer turns out to be Jack’s father, who has broken away from the Revisionist’s after they threatened Jack and has left Jack and VIGIL a note about the Revisionist’s current plans to change history. Jack, Angus, and familiar faces from their first adventure are sent back to Elizabethan England to stop them, but something goes wrong in the time transfer and Jack and Angus are on their own in 1587. There they meet a traveling performance troupe with surprising ties to the world of spies and intrigue. Will they be able to stop the Revisionists and save the queen – along with history?Day of Deliverance picks up right where Day of Assassins leaves off and continues the high-paced adventure through time. This quick-paced exploration of what might have been is perfect for readers of all ages.Praise for Johnny O’Brien‘Johnny O’Brien’s original and consistently exciting novel makes sure that history truly comes alive in an unforgettable way.’ – The Independent‘A terrific debut. The characters of Jack Christie and Angus are brilliantly drawn...you’ll visualise the scenes and almost smell them as Jack tries to make sense of his new world. A very satisfying, sometimes shocking, but ultimately uplifting read.’ – loverreading.co.uk‘If you're still wondering, may I say that if ever there was a book to take a chance on, this is it. Expect it to win awards, it's that good.’ – Amazon reviewerJohnny O'Brien was born in Edinburgh and studied history at Cambridge University. He got the idea for The Jack Christie Adventures when he came across his grandfather's medals from World War I. His debut and first book in the series, Day of the Assassins was longlisted for the 2010 Branford Boase Award and for the Book Trust's Booked Up 2010 programme. It was also shortlisted for the Children's Quills, a new award for historical fiction for children administered through the Historical Association. Johnny lives in Surrey, England, with his family. Visit www.johnnyobrien.co.uk for more information

“I know we’re forty years in the future… but everything’s changed… it’s like there’s been a new ice age or something.”Jack and Angus are playing the newly released version of Point-of-Departure, which they’ve discovered is coded by VIGIL, explaining the extensive realism of the game, when they get a message on screen through the game: they need to meet the messenger for a clandestine meeting with Jack’s father.The boys take a trip up to the Edinburgh museum where they’re passed a mysterious note with a location. Travelling to Tantallon on the coast, they discover that Jack’s father has led them to the Revisionist Taurus, but it’s strangely deserted – except for a couple bodies and some blood. The boys quickly check the Taurus to see where Jack’s father has escaped to in time and discover that he’s gone to the future and he’s being chased by someone. A second time jump tells them that Jack’s father has travelled back in time to try and figure out what has caused the future to change so drastically – but so has his pursuer. Will Jack and Angus be able to get back in time to save Jack’s father?The fourth instalment in the Jack Christie Adventures, Day of Rebellion explores what would happen if modern tech got loose in the past. Perfect for lovers of history and historical fiction alike, this novel packs history and science fiction into one thrilling adventure. Praise for Johnny O’Brien‘Johnny O’Brien’s original and consistently exciting novel makes sure that history truly comes alive in an unforgettable way.’ – The Independent‘A terrific debut. The characters of Jack Christie and Angus are brilliantly drawn...you’ll visualise the scenes and almost smell them as Jack tries to make sense of his new world. A very satisfying, sometimes shocking, but ultimately uplifting read.’ – loverreading.co.uk‘If you're still wondering, may I say that if ever there was a book to take a chance on, this is it. Expect it to win awards, it's that good.’ – Amazon reviewerJohnny O'Brien was born in Edinburgh and studied history at Cambridge University. He got the idea for The Jack Christie Adventures when he came across his grandfather's medals from World War I. His debut and first book in the series, Day of the Assassins was longlisted for the 2010 Branford Boase Award and for the Book Trust's Booked Up 2010 programme. It was also shortlisted for the Children's Quills, a new award for historical fiction for children administered through the Historical Association. Johnny lives in Surrey, England, with his family.

Danny Wilde and his teammates are finding the Under-14s Division tough going. They’ve lost one of their best goal-scorers to injury and it looks like they’ll have no chance of winning the County Féile!Could Todd, the new Australian kid, be the answer to their prayers? Todd's an Aussie Rules player – tough and skilful – but can he become a real GAA player in time?It’s all to play for in the second book about GAA player Danny Wilde.

The farmer has tumbled down into the dell, and everyone from his wife and nurse to the cat and the rat come running to his rescue. Hand in hand, they make a human chain to pull the farmer out of the dell. Everyone makes the effort--except for that haughty slice of swiss cheese. Will the farmer ever get out of the dell? John O'Brien is at it again. As in The Twelve Days of Christmas, he has set his sights on a time-honored rhyme. John O'Brien brings his trademark humor to this illustrated version of the favorite sing-along--and the "Farmer in the Dell" will never be the same.