Strandee

Description

Mum and Cara are haunted by the past in more ways than one. Mum and Cara are back in the 21st century and with them is Steven Plumtree, the blacksmith's apprentice they met in the 19th century. they now have to try and explain their time-travel adventure to Dad and Craig and, of course, Steven. Steven must come to terms with 21st-century life - telephones, cars, television, aeroplanes, flushing toilets - and this isn't going to be easy. How will Cara and Mum explain Steven's presence, particularly when there is so much interest from the 'in' girls at Cara's school and then, after a series of strange events, tabloid reporter Sylvia Dare, and the army. Will Jethro and his trusty sidekick, Grigor tomolfski, manage to rescue Steven from the hustle and bustle of modern life, and return him to his own time, before the truth about Steven is discovered? Mum and Cara hope so. Ages 11+

David McRobbie began his career as an engineer for the Merchant Navy. He then worked for many years as a principal and teacher in New Guinea and then as a producer and writer for ABC Radio. He has published 26 books, including the Wayne series, which he also wrote as a successful ABC children's television series, The Wayne Manifesto. His other titles include Mandragora, See How They Run, Eugenie Sandler PI and Tyro, which was shortlisted for the CBC Book of the Year, Older Readers, in 2000. He lives in Brisbane.