Billy and Jesus are Off to Barcelona

Billy and Jesus are Off to Barcelona by Deirdre Purcell

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers. Billy is an average-looking sixteen-year-old who lives in an ordinary Dublin estate on the northside of the city. Jesus, on the other hand, is a beautiful boy with Continental manners, from the poshest part of Barcelona. He travels from Spain to live with Billy's family for three weeks one summer. The plan is that at the end of the holiday, Billy will go back with Jesus on a return visit. However, no one should make plans...

Deirdre Purcell was born and brought up in Dublin, and educated there and in a County Mayo convent. Before turning to the writing of fiction, she lived through an eclectic set of careers, including acting, as a member of the permanent company of Ireland`s National Theatre (The Abbey), and journalism for all media – for which she won Ireland’s top awards. She has written numerous fiction and non-fiction bestsellers and for six years, presented ‘What It Says in the Papers’ slot for RTE’s Morning Ireland programme, leaving in 2018 to concentrate on her writing.

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ISBN 13	9781902602165
ISBN 10	1902602161
Title	Billy and Jesus are Off to Barcelona
Author	Deirdre Purcell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Island Books
Year published	1999-10-30
Number of pages	113
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