Siobhan Dowd Books in Order

In 1984 Ireland, Shell cares for her younger siblings after her mother dies and her father retreats into grief and alcohol. A romance with a childhood friend leaves her pregnant, drawing the family into a scandal that shakes their community.

Ted and his sister Kat watch their cousin Salim enter a London Eye capsule, but he does not emerge with the other passengers. They investigate the apparently impossible disappearance, following clues through London to discover what happened during the ride.

Fergus discovers a child’s body while digging peat during Northern Ireland’s Troubles. As dreams suggest the girl’s ancient story, he faces exams, romance, his imprisoned brother’s hunger strike, and pressure to carry mysterious packages across the border.

Unhappy in foster care, Holly finds a blond wig and invents a confident alter ego called Solace. She leaves to seek her mother in Ireland, traveling across England while revisiting memories that challenge her understanding of home and abandonment.

Darra’s island community believes that, as a thirteenth child, she must be drowned on her thirteenth birthday to appease its god. Dreams of a twin brother she has never met offer a fragile hope of escaping her appointed fate.

Jim’s Traveller family settles near Dundray, where prejudice and school bullying make his new life difficult. Kit helps him learn to read, but violence against the community threatens their friendship and forces his family to consider leaving again.