Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd

Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd was published in 2008. This historical fiction is set in Ireland in 1981 during a time of unrest. Fergus's older brother is in prison and on a hunger strike. Fergus is being pressured into acting as courier for the resistance. While digging peat moss with his uncle in a bog, he finds a dead child.

This little girl appears to have been murdered, and she comes to Fergus in his dreams to unfurl her mystery.

Dowd does a good job of weaving the themes of the dead child's life into what is happening to Fergus in his life. I enjoyed learning about the political conflict in Ireland and about the bog's ability to preserve bodies.

Read to a child today even if that child is you. 

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