What if the past became your future? Join teenager Joe on a rollercoaster adventure travelling back in time to the heyday of Victorian Crystal Palace. Joe is lonely and bored. His best friend moved away, he's stuck looking after his annoying little sister and Dad spends every hour in their struggling restaurant, Paradise. But Joe's world is turned upside down when he discovers a shattered compass among the brambles where the Crystal Palace once stood and time travels through the maze back to 1888. With help from the teenage H. G. Wells and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, daredevil Iris Blondin, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of the Gypsies, Joe must foil dangerous diamond thieves to uncover dark secrets about the 'People's Palace'. Standing on boundaries between worlds, it's secrets are tied to the fate of his family. Will Joe be trapped in the past with his new friends, find a way to return to his family or can he somehow have both?
Graham Whitlock is a writer, charity director, local instigator and born-and-bred Norwood boy who is hopelessly in love with London. He edited the Dev and Olli children's books by Shweta Aggarwal and professional writing credits include a stage adaptation of the Shane Meadows film 24/7 and the UKs first immersive musical based on the classic Ealing Studio comedy Passport to Pimlico.
Title: The Crystal Palace Chronicles Book 1: Star of Nimrod
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ISBN: 9781739980405
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Publisher: Grass Roots Productions Ltd
Publication Date: 2021-11-05
Number of Pages: 334
Weight: 0.4946 kg
Graham Whitlock takes readers on a clever and hilarious adventure. It's quirky and dark. And so much fun. Carrie Jones, New York Times best-selling young adult author; It's a story about realising what true friendships are. What I found really good was the way Joe met up with famous people that were to become successful like Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Bertie who becomes H. G. Wells. It taught me much more about Crystal Palace and it's a really entertaining book. Abdurehaman aged 13; Even when you feel you don't love your family you love them deep inside especially if you're away from them. Maia aged 12