The Time Tree

by Michael Williams

The story follows a day in the lives of three best friends that each are facing a challenge they wish they could get the chance to try and overcome again. A mysterious tree with a large hole in it's base appears on their route to school and when they walk through it, they are able to get that chance, over and over again. A math test, a bully and a star soccer striker's broken legs will test the friend's resolve and along the way, learn valuable lessons about bravery, persistence and friendship.

16 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 13, 2023

About the author

Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas, and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He began writing "radio plays" while studying at University of Cape Town and had his first novel published when he was twenty-five years old. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world. Michael is the author of several books, including the highly praised young adult novel Crocodile Burning. He finds writing fiction to be the perfect antidote to the drama of keeping an opera company alive in Africa.