Oxmantown National School, Birr, Co Offaly

📚 GETTING LOST IN A BOOK ❤️

30th Apr 2026
We had a wonderful workshop with children's author, Eve McDonald about her novel, The Last Boy.(Brewster – a small,
unwanted ‘climbing boy’ – is sold to a cruel
Master Chimneysweep, his brother’s sooty
thumbprint sealing the deal. When a
terrifying storm of stars fills the sky,
Brewster casts his wish upon each star to be
the last climbing boy, ever)🌠

We explored Brewster’s harrowing
Victorian world.
We learned about Brewster’s incredible legacy and his motivations for wishing for a better life for all climbing boys.
We made our mark by creating our own
unique WISHPRINT – a giant, wish-filled fingerprint ✨️✨️✨️