Guard your Heart

Boy meets girl on the Northern Irish border ¿ but what if peace is harder than war?

About the author

Sue Divin has a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies and a career in Community Relations. Her short stories, flash fiction and poetry, have been published in a range of literary journals. Guard Your Heart, her debut novel, won the Great Reads Award (Ireland) and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her second novel Truth Be Told won the McCrea Literary award and was shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards, Children’s Book Ireland Awards and UK Literacy Awards and Southern Schools Book Awards. Her third novel Runaway Road will publish with First Ink in 2026.

Summary

Boy meets girl on the Northern Irish border – but what if peace is harder than war?

Additional text

Divin skilfully maintains two attractively distinct voices [and]... sets her story with an insider's knowledge of the dynamics of Derry... absorbing.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Diven, Sue Divin
• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.04.2021
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age
• EAN: 9781529041675
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-4167-5
• Pages: 416
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 19.7 x 1.8 cm
• Subjects: Enemies to Lovers, Derry, Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Politics & government, Romeo and Juliet, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Social issues: religious issues (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Social Themes / Religion & Faith, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, Children’s / Teenage social issues: War and conflict issues, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Religious issues, forbidden romance, YA romance books; romeo and juliet; northern ireland; enemies to lovers; forbidden romance; derry; peace deal, peace deal