Kevin and Sadie Series by Joan Lingard

3.91 · 44 ratings
  • The Twelfth Day of July (Kevin and Sadie #1)
    #1

    The Twelfth Day of July (Kevin and Sadie #1)

    Joan Lingard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1970

    The first chapter takes place in a Protestant street. Tommy and Sadie Jackson are already looking forward to the 12th day of July which is a Protestant celebration day. Meanwhile, Catholic Kevin McCoy is out causing trouble in the Protestant part of town. What will happen when Sadie and Kevin meet? Can they become friends when everyone else in Northern Ireland is so full of hatred against the other religion?

  • Across the Barricades (Kevin and Sadie #2)
    #2

    Across the Barricades (Kevin and Sadie #2)

    Joan Lingard

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1972

    Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but it's not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Soldiers walk the streets and the city is divided. No Catholic boy and Protestant girl can go out together - not without dangerous consequences . . .The second of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books

  • Into Exile (Kevin and Sadie #3)
    #3

    Into Exile (Kevin and Sadie #3)

    Joan Lingard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1973

    Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin have married and "escaped" to London - but will they ever really be free of Belfast and its troubles? In this third book about Sadie and Kevin, Joan Lingard has added an understanding of the strains of marriage to the sombre representation of life in Belfast.

  • A Proper Place (Kevin and Sadie #4)
    #4

    A Proper Place (Kevin and Sadie #4)

    Joan Lingard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1975

    There was no denying that Sadie's mother, coming to see the new baby, would make things uncomfortable. Sometimes it looked as if they never would escape from their cramped, dingy rooms and find a proper place to bring up Brendan, but Sadie and Kevin had been through a lot together already.

  • Hostages To Fortune (Kevin and Sadie #5)
    #5

    Hostages To Fortune (Kevin and Sadie #5)

    Joan Lingard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1976

    Continues the story of love born in the violence of Belfast. With Kevin out of a job and forced to leave the little cottage where he had settled with Sadie and the baby, the future looked bleak. Would Kevin find another job?

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