Celine Kiernan

Celine Kiernan is an Irish author of fantasy novels for young adults. She is best known for The Moorehawke Trilogy. Her fourth book, Into the Grey, won both the CBI Book of the Year Award and the CBI Children's Choice Award in 2012. It won the 2013 Readers' Association of Ireland Award for best book. Born and raised in Dublin, she now lives in Virginia, Co. Cavan.

  • Charlie Harte and his Two-Wheeled Tiger
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  • The Crowded Shadows
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  • The Rebel Prince
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The Poison Throne

The Rebel Prince

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Charlie Harte and his Two-Wheeled Tiger

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Into the Grey

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