Books by Jennifer Mooney

Feminist Discourse in Irish Literature addresses the role of YA Irish literature in responding and contributing to some the most controversial and contemporary issues in today's modern society: gender, and conflicting views of power, sexism, and consent.

Captain Pete's Map to Heaven is a compelling story about the richest pirate to sail the sea who is deeply troubled. He is in a desperate race to find heaven on his map in order to help his First Mate Mikey who is gravely ill. One by one, he asks each of his prisoners for their account of how to get to heaven. Who will have the right answer? Can heaven be found on his precious map?

Your child will be delighted by the captivating pictures of the animal characters and engaged by the amusing plots of their fast-paced escapades in Book of Ten Phonics Stories. Will Sam, the cat, ever find Mac, the rat? Will Lox, the fox cop, catch up with Ross, the hog? These outstanding phonics stories will help your child to make the transition from reading memorized pattern books to reading beginning readers.

Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined.