For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Ti
me this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry. A story that crosses ti
me and generations, for adventure-loving readers young and old. "My dad died twi
ce.
Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelv
e." On Al Chaudhury's twelfth birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gives him a let
ter from Al's late father. In it Al receives a mission: travel back to 1984 in a
secret time machine and save his father's life. Al soon discovers that time tra
vel requires daring and imagination.
It also requires lies, theft, setting hi
s school on fire and ignoring philosophical advice from Grandpa Byron. All witho
ut losing his pet hamster, Alan Shearer...Time Travelling With a Hamster is a fu
nny, heart-warming race-against-time - and across generations - adventure that y
ou will won't be able to put down.