Synopses & Reviews
Once a creature is extinct, it's gone forever, right? Not any more. The physicist mother of Kizzy and Fraser Rye has invented an amazing time machine that can travel back into the past, snatch a plant or animal now extinct, and bring it back into the present. It is a wonderful achievement and an astounding scientific breakthrough. But the machine, Rye's Apparatus,” also has horrifying potential. Suddenly Kizzy and Fraser find themselves caught up in a terrifying spiral of events that eventually leads to a monstrous demand from a sinister and violent organization.
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"A fast-moving, readable thriller which will provoke considerable questioning and thought." Books for Keeps
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"Plots which grip the reader from the opening paragraph." The Sunday Times
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"Robert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page." Young Telegraph
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"Spellbinding plot . . . unstoppable pace . . . a stirring achievement, certain to absorb and provoke a wide audience." Times Educational Supplement
Synopsis
Once a creature is extinct, its gone for ever, isnt it? The physicist mother of Kizzy Rye and Fraser Rye has invented an amazing time machine and soon they find themselves caught up in a terrifying spiral of events…
Synopsis
Once a creature is extinct, it's gone for ever, isn't it?
Not any more - as a butterfly from the past proves. The physicist mother of Kizzy Rye and Fraser Rye has invented an amazing time machine that can travel back into the past, snatch a plant or animal now extinct and bring it back into the present.
It's a wonderful achievement, a real scientific breakthrough. But the machine - 'Rye's Apparatus' - has a horrifying potential. Suddenly Kizzy and Fraser find themselves caught up in a terrifying spiral of events - events that lead finally to a monstrous demand from a sinister and violent organization...
WINNER OF THE 1995 EARTHWORM AWARD, 7-11 YEAR-OLD CATEGORY
About the Author
Robert Swindells left school at fifteen to work on a local newspaper. At seventeen, he joined the RAF for three years, then trained and worked as a teacher. Now a full-time writer, he is the author of a number of bestselling titles. In 1994 he won the Carnegie Medal for Stone Cold, a teenage novel about a serial killer.