The Bookshop Sisters - published May 2026  

A story of sisterhood, secrets and standing up for what you believe in from the award-winning author of The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street and The Weather Girls

It’s 1956. When thirteen-year-old bookworm Rosy Heron and her big sister Martha are sent to Dublin to help their aunt Toto in her busy bookshop for the summer, their quiet lives change overnight.

The two sisters quickly become part of the Baggot Books team as junior booksellers and bicycle delivery girls. But the bookshop is also full of secrets. Where does their aunt disappear to at night, and what exactly is happening in the basement of the shop? Rosy is determined to solve the mystery, but she’s not the only one interested in the goings-on in Baggot Books …

A read-again-and-again book … I would recommend this book for ages 9 to 14. If you love adventures, mysteries, bookshops and stories about sisterhood, make this your next read! I am giving this book a 9/10 - by Cora, aged 10, 4th class, Clongeen N.S., Wexford

Seomra Ranga

The Bookshop Sisters opens a passionate and loving window into the joys of bookselling and captures the robust thrill of a first adventure away from home. I pored over every page

Meabh McDonnell

I was immediately transported to 1950s Dublin to the bookshop of my dreams - cluttered, crammed full of interesting titles. No one builds a sense of place in time like Sarah and I ate up all the little details that made this story so rich. Add a mysterious secret and a powerful message for women and girls and this MG book is such a treat

Alison Weatherby

I'm nearly finished this book but trying to make it last because I love the main character Rosy so much! ...This is the Ireland of banned books and the marriage bar but it's also the Ireland of authors, artists and freewheeling bicycles. Most importantly it features women doing what they've always done - taking the world they live in and pushing and pulling at its boundaries until it can contain the shape of a life they want to live. Perfect historical fiction from @sarahwebbwriter which handles its historical period and balances it with characters who will speak to the reader today!

Lori Moriarty, Laois Libraries