Eve McDonnell is a children’s writer from Wexford and here she talks to literary agent Simon Trewin in the Winning the Writing Game series, about her debut novel Elsetime.
Watch the video or listen on your commute!
Eve’s third novel The Last Boy has just arrived in shops, she says “My third novel, The Last Boy, published 12 September 2024 with Everything With Words. It is a middle-grade novel (9+) and, once again, it is set in the past – 1866. It was inspired by a little boy named George Brewster – the last chimney sweep ‘climbing boy’ to tragically get stuck inside a chimney. It also features the Great Meteor Storm of 1866, the world-renowned Leviathan Telescope at Birr Castle in Ireland, and of course a touch of WONDER. This book pulled at my heartstrings, and I hope it does the same for you.”
You can find out more about Eve and the wonderful worlds that she creates here.
About The Last Boy by Eve McDonnell:
In magical page-turner inspired by the true story of George Brewster, the last child chimney sweep. Brewster has been sold to a cruel Master Sweep to risk his life up the narrow jungle of chimneys to reach the sky. But Brewster has a SECRET: he’s a wizard with numbers and he’s predicted a terrifying storm of stars. Upon each star he’ll cast his passionate wish to be the last climbing boy EVER. When a powerful woman offers to make his wish come true, Brewster is challenged to do something impossible in return…A WISH FOR A WISH!
Pick up your copy of The Last Boy here!
