A Secret in Time

In Time #4

by Sally Nicholls, Rachael Dean (Illustrator)

Alex and Ruby are back in their FOURTH time-slip adventure, tumbling back into 1947! From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls comes another brilliant action-packed adventure for 7+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Rachael Dean.

When siblings Alex and Ruby tumble back through the mirror, they find themselves in the freezing-cold winter of 1947.

Food is scarce in the aftermath of the Second World War and life at Applecott House is hard.

As Alex and Ruby discover they must solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom to ever have hopes of returning home, their adventure takes them trekking across the snow and treacherous ice on a perilous treasure hunt.

Will they make it home and back to the present day or will they be stuck in 1947?

Full of action and humour and featuring exciting black-and-white illustrations throughout, this is another superb time-slip story which brilliantly brings history to life as part of an adventure.

'A clever vehicle for introducing the differences between then and now in an accessible way, with a fast-paced plot and a lovely spooky ending' - The Times on A Chase in Time

Have you read Alex and Ruby's other A Chase in Time , A Christmas in Time , An Escape in Time ?

Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath.

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2021

About the author

Sally Nicholls is a prize-winning British children's author. She was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees. On finishing school, Nicholls chose to travel around the world. Her first novel was Ways to Live Forever.

Reviews

[Анастасія ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Через дуже довгий час згадала, що не закінчила цю серію. Це поки остання книжка, але хочеться ще якихось історій, в принципі цікаво спостерігати як Алекс та Рубі подорожують у часі, спілкуються зі своїми родичами, хоча родичі не знають про це родство.

[Barb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute - a fun series. I would have loved it when I was a kid - looking forward to sharing it with my students.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 An enjoyable children’s time travel tale set in winter 1947.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ich liebe Zeitreisen!

[Bledvar Albekell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read of another capture of time in the time travelling adventures of Alex and Ruby. It was a complete read and served as a good round up to the series.

[Hayley Tipple · Rating 3 out of 5]

This a good book but it a kind of book that you have to process like i had to stop and then think what was happening.