{"product_id":"9780099456278","title":"Kate Thompson - The New Policeman","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Kate Thompson. Themes include Fiction, Psychological, Juvenile Nonfiction, Social Science, Juvenile Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone in Kinvara is conscious that time is flying past, faster and faster - to such an extent that when Jj asks his mother what she would like as a birthday present she ask for more time. Jj dismisses this as mere wishful thinking, an impossibility, for who know where the time goes? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Liddys have been musicians for generations and Jj is no exception but what he discovers is that a shadow from the past hangs over their family -did his great-grandfather murder the village priest? When he sets out to buy his mother time, he discovers the fate of a flute which will provide the key to both problems - it is the vital clue. He makes the transition to Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth, where the fairy people are also having a problem with time and it falls to his lot to locate the leak between the two parallel worlds. Jj finds where time goes! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic proves to be the touchstone for communication between the fairy and the human domains and the book is saturated with the lure of Irish music for Jj`s whole existence is built round the ceili and each chapter relates to a tune, printed out as a heading so that the reader can also become a performer. As for the New Policeman, Larry O'dwyer, he is an enigmatic figure who has a significant bearing on the plot but whose identity is kept a superbly guarded secret to the very last surprising moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58414071873910,"sku":null,"price":5.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780099456278.jpg?v=1786113347","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780099456278","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}