Nosy Crow Ltd

Once upon a now, three children go into the woods as a dare. All they know is that time is playing tricks on them, and that it's running out... From the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, The Jamie Drake Equation and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day.

When Albie's mum dies, it's natural he should wonder where she's gone. His parents are both scientists and they usually have all the answers. Dad mutters something about Albie's mum being alive and with them in a parallel universe. So Albie finds a box, his mum's computer and a rotting banana, and sends himself through time and space to find her...

But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldnt be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends - along with their local librarian - set off to investigate, and to save the world...