Time Travelling with a Hamster

Paperback, 400 pages

English language

Published Dec. 31, 2015 by HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks.

ISBN:
978-0-00-815631-2
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4 stars (1 review)

On Al Chaudhury’s twelfth birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gave 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. He manages to overcome many challenges and various daring-do's, without losing his hamster along the way.

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4 stars

The book is a kids book so I started reading this to my daughter, straight away I could see her eyes glazing over, it was way to technical for her, so I decided to read this to myself. I enjoyed it, slow to start but once Albert's dad starts explaining the science behind time travel and also explaining Einstein's theories in a language I could understand I was hooked. Albert's Grandad has gotta be one of the coolest ever.

Albert did make me angry now and then when he does something dumb, I had to keep reminding myself he is just a kid and he'll figure it out. It's always going to be tricky handling time travel in a kids book but Ross Welford does it well and makes a nice little adventure book. I'll be checking out his future releases for sure.

(Warning for parents, I spotted at least …