Blowing the Whistle
A RUGBY adventure
Gerard Siggins author Alana Keenan illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:O'Brien Press Ltd
Published:6th Oct '25
Should be back in stock very soon

‘Rugby? Here in Ballyknockshinny? Sure no one would take us seriously,’ said Fiona.
A rugby club is her friend Kevin’s idea to bring fun to their little town that summer. All the kids pitch in and it’s not long before the Bally K Foxes are up and running with everyone catching the rugby bug. But there’s a shadow looming over the town – from the abandoned factory.
What happened there? And why won’t their parents talk about it?
The more everyone warns them to stay away, the more the friends want to solve the mystery … even if it means risking the club they’ve worked so hard to set up.
Sport shows us that we can all achieve greatness through cooperation and inclusion. This is the inspiring message of Siggins’s latest book, which, apart from a focus on rugby, explores themes of friendship, teamwork and environmentalism. Importantly, this book reminds young readers that with a little grit and organisation anything is possible.
-- CBI’s The Best Irish Books ofISBN: 9781788496094
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 13mm
Weight: 285g
208 pages