THE MYSTERY OF THE SPARKLING SOLO DRESS CROWN
The first Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mystery
Blood Diamonds Prominent In
Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries
13-year-old Irish dancer Liffey Rivers
routinely foils flow of Conflict Diamonds
at Irish Dance competitions.
County Sligo, Ireland. February 28,
2009. “My conflict diamond IQ was way
below average when I started writing
the first Liffey Rivers Irish dancer
mystery in 2005,” says Irish-American,
young adult author Brenna Briggs. “I
had heard of illicit diamonds being
smuggled out of Africa to bankroll
rebels before I did research for Liffey
Rivers and the Mystery of the
Sparkling Solo Dress Crown, but I
had no idea of the extent and the
unimaginable atrocities that had
become routine in the blood diamond
networks. It is a relief to learn this week
that more of the Sierra Leone
diamond smugglers have been
convicted of crimes against humanity.”
In several of Briggs’ Irish dancer
mysteries, 13-year-old heroine Liffey
Rivers routinely disrupts international
blood diamond smuggling schemes
while not missing a step at her Irish
dance competitions. “Using the exciting
world of Irish dancing as a backdrop, it
has been possible to describe the
channels through which conflict
diamonds flow to a young audience,”
says Briggs.
Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries
13-year-old Irish dancer Liffey Rivers
routinely foils flow of Conflict Diamonds
at Irish Dance competitions.
County Sligo, Ireland. February 28,
2009. “My conflict diamond IQ was way
below average when I started writing
the first Liffey Rivers Irish dancer
mystery in 2005,” says Irish-American,
young adult author Brenna Briggs. “I
had heard of illicit diamonds being
smuggled out of Africa to bankroll
rebels before I did research for Liffey
Rivers and the Mystery of the
Sparkling Solo Dress Crown, but I
had no idea of the extent and the
unimaginable atrocities that had
become routine in the blood diamond
networks. It is a relief to learn this week
that more of the Sierra Leone
diamond smugglers have been
convicted of crimes against humanity.”
In several of Briggs’ Irish dancer
mysteries, 13-year-old heroine Liffey
Rivers routinely disrupts international
blood diamond smuggling schemes
while not missing a step at her Irish
dance competitions. “Using the exciting
world of Irish dancing as a backdrop, it
has been possible to describe the
channels through which conflict
diamonds flow to a young audience,”
says Briggs.
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PLOT: Go HERE for a brief plot look.
"Then they were there! The very top of
the Gateway to the West!
Robert Rivers looked at his watch and
announced that the ride had taken
approximately four minutes. Liffey
nodded at him as she hopped off the
tram and ran to the long, narrow
window in the long, narrow viewing
area.
Liffey looked down at the Mississippi
River and the City of St. Louis. She
tried with all her might to see Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn drifting along
on their raft. But they were not there.
She could not see them. There was
just the river.
“Look, Daddy!” Liffey pointed to a
paddle wheel river boat which was
churning up so much water that it
looked like a water spout. “Maybe we
could come back next year and do the
boat trip?” she asked hopefully.
But before her father could answer, a
wave of sadness came over Liffey, as
she realized that nothing would ever
be quite the same again. Things would
be different now. She looked down at
the river and understood what it was
her father had tried so hard to shield
her from...She could almost see some
of her childhood floating away on the
Father of Waters far below
the Gateway to the West!
Robert Rivers looked at his watch and
announced that the ride had taken
approximately four minutes. Liffey
nodded at him as she hopped off the
tram and ran to the long, narrow
window in the long, narrow viewing
area.
Liffey looked down at the Mississippi
River and the City of St. Louis. She
tried with all her might to see Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn drifting along
on their raft. But they were not there.
She could not see them. There was
just the river.
“Look, Daddy!” Liffey pointed to a
paddle wheel river boat which was
churning up so much water that it
looked like a water spout. “Maybe we
could come back next year and do the
boat trip?” she asked hopefully.
But before her father could answer, a
wave of sadness came over Liffey, as
she realized that nothing would ever
be quite the same again. Things would
be different now. She looked down at
the river and understood what it was
her father had tried so hard to shield
her from...She could almost see some
of her childhood floating away on the
Father of Waters far below
After the action: Reflection on top of Arch:
