Mum, Me, The 19C

Time travel #1

by David McRobbie

Fifteen-year-old Cara Gillespie and her family visit a 'living' museum, Harply Historical Village, which depicts a slice of Australian rural village life in the nineteenth century. When the time comes to leave the museum village, Cara finds a curious-looking device in some long grass. Believing the device to be a transistor radio, Cara spins the dial and promptly transfers herself back to the 1840s, where she finds that by some mischance her mother has also been transported. Now all Cara and her mother have to do is somehow work out how they can get themselves back to the year 2001 - and Dad, who is waiting in the car park in the Mitsubishi. But before they achieve this, there are a number of hilarious and heartstopping adventures to be had along the way. A funny and entertaining book that will appeal to a wide range of readers of all ages. Ages 11+

Genres: Fiction, Historical, Fantasy

198 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2002

About the author

David McRobbie is a full-time writer and lives in Brisbane. David is the author of Flying with Granny, Prices, and Mandragora, which was short-listed for the 1992 Children's Book Council of the Year Award for Older Readers. David's most recent titles, Schemes, Wages of Wayne, This Book is Haunted and Timelock were published in 1993.

Reviews

[Sarah Thornton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

Lukewarm time travel story which raised more questions than it answered.

[Meagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to read this book over and over and over when I was young, I don't think I've read it since primary school and I don't think I will just because it holds too many nice memories. I definitely reccommend it to primary school readers or people aged around 12-13