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A Message Through Time
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A pacey and action-packed time-slip adventure that carries step-siblings Felix and Zoe back to Ancient Roman times - and also, accidentally, drags a Roman girl into the present.
When 11-year-old Felix finds a message in a bottle during a trip to France, he is in for the surprise of a lifetime. Suddenly he is flung back 1700 years to Ancient Roman times, dragging his very unwilling 15-year-old stepsister, Zoe, with him.
They are offered sparrows for lunch and horse-spit as medicine, but that is only the beginning! When they ricochet forward to their own time again, Felix and Zoe discover they have accidentally brought a high-class Roman girl with them... Can they navigate the strange Roman world - from opulent city to distant sacred spring - and return the 12-year-old girl to her family before time runs out?
In this standalone companion novel to the acclaimed The Boy Who Stepped Through Time, featuring a whole new cast of characters, award-winning author Anna Ciddor has created a roller-coaster adventure that will have young readers on the edge of their seats.
When 11-year-old Felix finds a message in a bottle during a trip to France, he is in for the surprise of a lifetime. Suddenly he is flung back 1700 years to Ancient Roman times, dragging his very unwilling 15-year-old stepsister, Zoe, with him.
They are offered sparrows for lunch and horse-spit as medicine, but that is only the beginning! When they ricochet forward to their own time again, Felix and Zoe discover they have accidentally brought a high-class Roman girl with them... Can they navigate the strange Roman world - from opulent city to distant sacred spring - and return the 12-year-old girl to her family before time runs out?
In this standalone companion novel to the acclaimed The Boy Who Stepped Through Time, featuring a whole new cast of characters, award-winning author Anna Ciddor has created a roller-coaster adventure that will have young readers on the edge of their seats.
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Publisher
Allen & UnwinYear
2023eBook ISBN
9781761186455Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- ALSO BY THE AUTHOR
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- MAP
- 1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
- 2 I HAVE TO TRY
- 3 MULE DUNG AND HORSE SPIT
- 4 THE UGLY DOG
- 5 THE BATHHOUSE
- 6 INTRUDER IN TIME
- 7 ARE YOU A PRINCESS?
- 8 YOU MUST BE VERY POOR
- 9 THE SHRINE
- 10 BROKEN
- 11 ROMAN DRESS
- 12 OFF WE GO!
- 13 GONE!
- 14 ARITHMETIC
- 15 ANOTHER WAY
- 16 OVER THE BOAT BRIDGE
- 17 THE NASTY PROWMAN
- 18 THE HOLE
- 19 HARD TACK AND PICKLED ONIONS
- 20 HOMESICK
- 21 ON THE TOW ROPES
- 22 HEAVE, HEAVE!
- 23 THE DRUENTIA
- 24 BOY OVERBOARD
- 25 WRONG SIDE
- 26 NOT A GLINT
- 27 THE SACRED SPRING
- 28 SACRIFICE
- 29 INVITATION
- 30 WATER JUGS AND OLIVE PIPS
- 31 THE PAINTER
- 32 CALVESā BRAIN PUDDING
- 33 WAITING
- 34 WHO WILL YOU MARRY?
- 35 ATTACK!
- 36 WHEREāS FURIA?
- 37 THE BONE
- 38 LAVENDER AND ROSES
- 39 FUNERAL
- 40 LEMURIA
- 41 HEADING FOR ARELATE
- 42 BASKETS OF CHEESE
- 43 SURPRISE
- 44 THE HEAD IN THE CUPBOARD
- 45 NO PLASTIC DINOSAURS
- 46 RUNNING OUT OF TIME
- 47 ALONE
- 48 THE BULLY
- 49 A HUNDRED NUMMI!
- 50 THE WINGED HAT
- 51 ITāS MINE!
- 52 THE GIRL WITH THE CAT
- 53 UP IN THE GODS
- 54 VALE
- 55 WHATāS THE TIME?
- GLOSSARY
- AUTHORāS NOTE
- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE BOOK
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ABOUT THE RESEARCHER