Review of the Time Wreccas from the Norwich Evening News
I fear I may be beaten to death by rampaging muggles for saying it, but I think Harry Potter is hugely overrated. Give me Philip Pullman or Val Tyler any day – if I ate sausages I’d try and buy the ones without the cereal because I’d be after the meat rather than the rubbish that pads it out. Anyway, that aside, this is a rollickingly good read for eight to twelve year olds, or indeed anyone who appreciates the idea of a parallel world. The Guardians look after time for all people. Humans always rush around claiming that they don’t have enough time (sound familiar?) but no one thinks to try and guard it. In every region of the world there is one person in charge of time – in Greenwich it is Old Father Tim. The Wreccas populate the Underneath (below ground) and want to disrupt the orderly lives of the Guardians. They send Snot Topside (above ground) to wreak havoc, but little do they know that she will feel more at home with the Guardians than she does with the Wreccas and she’ll make a firm friend in Tid, Old Father Tim’s grandson. Nor do they know that Snot’s actions could cause time to stop for ever. A clever book that will keep kids riveted to every page. Stand back Master Potter.
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