Books with author Joan O'Brien

London. 1588. England is in danger. In his second perilous mission, Jack Christie travels back to an Elizabethan England riddled with treacherous plots. Following encounters with Mary Queens of Scots, Williams Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, Jack must save Queen Elizabeth 1st from assassination and help defeat the Spanish Armada. At the same time, Jack must solve the riddle at the heart of his own family. Day of Deliverance is the second of the Jack Christie Adventures and continues Jack's thrilling ride through history.

Josh Bloom is on a field trip with his class to Cherry Tree Manor; while the house and gardens are beautiful, what really interests the class is the fact that Manor's owner, General Edgar Pennington, disappeared mysteriously exactly twelve years to the day before their visit to the Manor …To Josh, it seems like there's something spooky about the manor. None of the other kids feel it, but Josh seems more attuned to the house, which leads him to discover something in the General's library that sends him on an adventure of a lifetime.Josh thinks he is on a journey to find the missing General, but soon discovers that it's his own destiny that he is really searching for … there are links between him and the missing General that he never could have guessed … Josh quest takes him to the enchanting land of Habilon, full of danger, excitement and magic.Will he ever return from the land beyond the Cherry Tree?

Hardcover; Very Good; No Dust Jacket; Unpaginated, frontis, photographs. This is a scarce salesman's sample of this book. A very good + unmarked copy, containing chapter excerpts and numerous photographs of Will Rogers and friends. The eventual book had an appreciation by Lowell Thomas and would be 300 pages long with over 30 photographs. It would give the life of Will Rogers.

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.

Scooter, the dog sees the front door is open and decides to go on an adventure. Heading up the street, he checks out a park and an ice cream truck. As the sun goes down, he looks around and realizes that he doesn’t know where he lives. He tries to remember his address, but can’t. So, he takes to the street to try and find his way home. Along the way he meets an interesting group of friends who teach him a few things along the way.