{"product_id":"the-sam-chronicles-john-almond-9781067695309","title":"The Sam Chronicles: The Whispering Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eEleven-year-old Sam Kiernan has never felt like he belongs - not in his new school, not in the town of Cavan, and certainly not in the crumbling old house where he's come to live with his Gran. But when he discovers a cracked silver pocket watch hidden in the walls, something ancient stirs beneath the still waters of Lough Oughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch is older than anyone can explain. And it's been waiting for Sam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn into a world where Irish myth bleeds into the modern day, Sam uncovers the journal of his ancestor Brigid Kiernan - a girl who faced the same darkness a century before him. The Tuatha Dé Danann are fading. A creeping silence called An Codladh, the Sleep, is spreading across the land, and only someone who carries the old blood can stop it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his sharp-tongued friend Orla McGovern at his side and the mysterious bookshop owner Cillian Murtagh guiding them from the shadows, Sam must learn to trust the magic running through his veins - before the light goes out entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the misty shores of Cloughoughter Castle and the wild heart of County Cavan, \u003cem\u003eThe Whispering Stars\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in \u003cem\u003eThe Sam Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e - a twelve-book adventure spanning the ancient sacred sites of Ireland, where myth is never just a story, and the past is never truly gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor readers aged 9-13. Perfect for fans of Irish mythology, mystery, and magic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Almond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1067695303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067695309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Almond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"John Almond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743156547839,"sku":"9781067695309","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sam-chronicles-john-almond-9781067695309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}