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by Judith McQuoid (Author)
Davy was too old for make-believe. Then he met Jacks. A fictionalised exploration of the childhood of CS Lewis
Davy, a working-class boy living in East Belfast in 1908, is sent to work at the wealthy Lewis household. When he meets Jacks - the name by which CS Lewis was known to friends and family - Davy is captivated by his friend's world of books and stories. Together the boys plunge into imagining and adventuring, and Davy discovers his own artistic talent. But when Davy is offered a job at the shipyard, and Jacks's mother falls gravely ill, their wondrous days of make-believe seem numbered. Will they lose their extraordinary shared world forever?
Author Biography
Judith McQuoid was born in Northern Ireland but grew up mainly in Texas and England. Daughter of an Irish minister with a passion for Lewis, she graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature from Queen's University in Belfast and worked as a high school teacher in England for nearly twenty years. She took up writing eleven years ago when she moved back home to Ireland with her husband and two children.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: June 03, 2025
