THE MAKING OF MOLLIE

DUBLIN, 1912: My name is Mollie Carberry, and my life was rather dull until I discovered my big sister Phyllis' secret. She's a suffragette, fighting for women's rights!

It's spring 1912, and 14-year-old Mollie Carberry is convinced that her life is boring - until she discovers that her sister Phyllis is a secret suffragette. Mollie wants to do something for the movement too – and she soon convinces her best friend Nora to join her. At last, they have some excitement in their lives!

Their timid schoolfriend Stella worries that Mollie and Nora are going to get into trouble. And their classmate Grace, who also happens to be Nora's cousin, disapproves of anybody who steps out of line. But as the weeks go by, Mollie and Nora become even more determined to do something for the cause. Even though
nobody in the cause seems to particularly want their help.

ANNA CAREY is a freelance journalist from Dublin. She joined her first band when she was fifteen and went on to sing and play with several bands over the next fifteen years. Her last band, El Diablo, released two albums and toured all over the country. Anna is the bestselling author of the Rebecca series and winner of the Irish Children's Book of the Year.