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

Blowing the Whistle cover

‘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 of

ISBN: 9781788496094

Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 285g

208 pages