Time Travelling with a Hamster
Ross Welford
Subjects
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry. A story that crosses time and generations, for adventure-loving readers young and old. “My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve.” On Al Chaudhury’s twelfth birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gives him a letter 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 travel requires daring and imagination. It also requires lies, theft, setting his school on fire and ignoring philosophical advice from Grandpa Byron. All without losing his pet hamster, Alan Shearer… Time Travelling With a Hamster is a funny, heart-warming race-against-time – and across generations – adventure that you will won’t be able to put down.
Reviews
This is a super fun book with relatable characters - I especially liked the Grandpa character and the past being set in the 1980's. I felt that maybe some of the science of time travel was a lot to take in, but this did not deject from such a great emotional story. I want to read more of Welford’s stories. I will recommend to Years 5 and 6, onwards.
CJewel100
I choose this book because I was intrigued by the title and I wasn’t disappointed. Great characters , I especially liked Grandpa ,humour and adventure . This would make a great class read the plot moves quickly with plenty of twists to keep the reader guessing .
MsT
I very much enjoyed the main character and funny elements to some of his decision making. I thought the title was a tad misleading as actually the hamster doesn’t really play a fundamental part at all and the story probably could have still happened without it. I felt like the ending could have gone one of two ways but I always enjoy a happy ending so I think you would be left feeling satisfied at the end.
Jess_r1994
I love the grandfather in this story, he explains that we can all time travel using our memories.
Spiderpants
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. The story was clever and engaging and towards the end I couldn’t put it down. My favourite character was Grandpa Byron and I loved his personality. I would recommend this book and I think it would be one that boys would lie.
aliworgan
Actually really enjoyed it and would recommend for uks2 or mature year 4s. It’s about a boy from Newcastle who finds a time machine that his dad made before he died and the boy uses it to go back in time to stop his dad from dying. It’s written in a very chatty way where you very quickly become attached to the main character. It has short chapters which I know suits a lot of our readers and has a lot of Indian and Hindu references due to the families heritage, which brings in a bit of cultural diversity.
Ramsellsmamsell
I found this book particular hard to read. It is written in the present tense which feels odd but I did get use to this in the end. The plot has had me laughing, almost crying, astounded... it has been quite a thrilling read.
laurenbeet
Wonderfully moving and superbly written. A novel take on a tried and tested genre.
hanpid