Ruan, Emma, and Colm are from different worlds despite living in the same city: their schools, houses, and groups of friends mark them as snobs or scobies in each other's eyes. When a terrible accident devastates Ruan's family, he must find a way of coping, with help from Emma. Meanwhile Colm goes on the run from a crime he did not commit. As the three teenagers attempt to deal with their own family crises and study for their final school exams, their lives become intertwined. A keenly perceptive account of Dublin life, Snobs, Dogs and Scobies is about social stereotypes, class differences, and teenage friendships. First published in Irish as Hurlamaboc , the book won a Bisto Merit Award in 2007, a Duais Oireachtais in 2006, and was shortlisted for Irish Book of the Year 2006.
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Elizabeth O'Hara is the pseudonym of Eilis Ni Dhuibhne. She has written novels and collections of short stories for adults and several novels for young people. Her awards include the Bisto Book of the Year Award for Blaeberry Sunday and the Readers' Association of Ireland Award.
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