Will Reid is a gawky kid who is obsessed by his ant farm project and is lousy at gym. In other words, he’s the perfect target for Shane, the Grade 9 bully.

Katie has been Will’s friend since elementary school, but defending him in high school comes at an unforeseen cost. She dreads the rumors that link them in a boyfriend-girlfriend way she’s never considered. Devan has been part of Shane’s bullyboy team until now, when he has come to realize that it’s not so smart to mindlessly back up each nasty attack of Shane’s. Together, the three teens struggle to find their way out of a classic dilemma: how not to be a bystander to bullying, how to stand up for your friends, and how to deal with consuming rage.

Each character takes a turn at telling the story, Will in free-verse poetry, Katie in clear-eyed prose as she wrestles with her own demons, and Devan through the sensitive narrative of his slowly awakening compassion for Will and his growing attraction to Katie.

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When her family is slated for eviction, Kit will do anything she can to save her family. But how far will she go? Is stealing allowed if it's done to feed her family? Is murder?

Written by an Irish immigrant 160 years after the Famine, Greener Grass is a heroic story of courage, family, and survival. It stokes the memory of a time that many have forgotten and captures the spirit of a people who deserve to be remembered.

"Ride with the powerful lilt of style and you'll feel the terrible heartbeat of old famine Ireland herself! Pignat is a winner!"
— Brian Doyle, author of Boy O'Boy and Pure Spring.

Wild Geese, the sequel to the Governor General’s Award–winning novel Greener Grass, follows Kit Byrne and her friend Mick O’Toole after their flight from famine-ravaged Ireland. Across the Atlantic aboard a notorious "coffin ship," through quarantine, and into the heart of North America, the two displaced teenagers endure storms, epidemics, and discrimination. Desperate to find her family in the New World, Kit is willing to sacrifice everything, even her love for Mick, to reunite the remaining orphaned Byrne children. Jack and Annie are out there somewhere, and Kit will not stop searching until she finds them and her family is together again.

The original "Wild Geese" were Irish soldiers fighting outside of Ireland, but the term later came to encompass all the expatriate Irish. People fighting for survival a long, long way from home. People like Kit. This is her Wild Geese story.