The Weather Girls

· Bolinda · Narrated by Róisín Rankin
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About this audiobook

It’s 1944. Twelve-year-old Grace Devine lives at Blacksod Lighthouse and weather station in County Mayo with her parents and little brother. When a German plane crashes nearby, she and her best friend Sibby risk their lives to save the young pilot. Grace’s family take him in, but their neighbours are horrified at having an ‘enemy’ in their midst. Meanwhile, the Met Office in England suddenly asks Blacksod to send them weather reports every hour. But why? As the wind and rain howl outside, Grace begins to understand that something important is happening, something to do with the war – and she is right in the eye of the storm.

About the author

Sarah Webb is the author of the Ask Amy Green and Songbird Café series for young readers. She worked for many years as a children’s bookseller and now combines writing with schools visits, reading and giving workshops at festivals, and teaching creative writing. In 2015, Sarah was awarded the Children’s Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books. She is the Children’s Literary Advisor to Listowel Writers’ Week and was writer in residence for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2016/2017.

Róisín Rankin is an Irish actor and voiceover artist from Dublin. After graduating from The Gaiety School of Acting, she made the move to London to further her training at The Met Film school. There, Róisín gained vocal representation and has been working in voice over ever since. She has narrated just under 40 audiobooks across a range of genres, including Catherine Walsh’s The Matchmaker and Erin Bowman’s The Girl and the Witch’s Garden. Most recently, she appeared on BBC4 in the six-part drama Clean Sweep.

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