title: The Story of St. Patrick: More Than Shamrocks and Leprechauns
author: Voice of the Martyrs
description: Buried beneath the St. Patrick's Day symbols of shamrocks and leprechauns lies the story of a man determined to share the message of salvation with the people who made him a slave. Read this true story of the heroic martyr who loved Jesus more than his own life. ages 3 and up. 10.28" L x 10.41" W
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  ###  Faithful
  
  
  
  
  
  ####  The Order of the Shamrock #2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  by Donald Hanley
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © Donald Hanley 2014
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons living or
  dead, events or locations is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover art by Donald Hanley
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #####  The Order of the Shamrock
  
  
  
  
  
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  Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
  
  
  – Michelangelo
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Chapter One
  
  
  My familiarity with the linoleum outside the principal’s office didn’t make it
  any prettier. The black and white squares had been laid down when the school
  was built over sixty years ago. Now the black ones were dull gray and the
  white ones were streaked with marks from three generations of leather shoes. I
  added a few more while I sat on the hard wooden chair and waited to be
  summoned.
  
  
  It just wasn’