Children’s books reviews: A reimagining of events around D-Day landings

Pet O'Connell rounds up a selection of books on topics from consent and self-acceptance to legendary tales from the West of Ireland

Sarah Webb’s tale of bickering best friends provides an illuminating lens through which readers can view Ireland’s nuanced Second World War neutrality.

The Weather Girls by Sarah Webb (O’Brien Press, €9.99) 

Those who live in lighthouses are always on the alert for the unexpected, but the Second World War puts Grace Devine’s family and their home at Mayo’s Blacksod lighthouse in the eye of the storm in ways they could never have imagined.