The Boy Who Stepped Through Time by Anna Ciddor
About Anna Ciddor
Anna Ciddor has always been fascinated by the past. It would be her dream come true to step through time! Instead, she immerses herself in research and hunts out the tiniest details so she can bring the past to life in her imagination – and in her books.Anna’s meticulous work has been recognised by a grant from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, three of her novels have been selected as Notable Books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and several have been translated into other languages to be enjoyed around the world. For further information, visit:
A Quote from Anna Ciddor
“I am so grateful to the ARA and HNSA for making this prize possible, and thrilled to have The Boy Who Stepped Through Time included on the longlist. I worked with a researcher who happened to be my sister, and we had great fun searching together for interesting details of Roman life I could use for the plot and settings. It was a thrill every time I managed to weave in some amazing authentic element, and I am delighted that other people seem to be deriving as much pleasure from reading it as I did creating it!”
About The Boy Who Stepped Through Time
When Perry steps into a crumbling ruin while on holiday in France, he is not expecting to be transported back 1700 years to Roman times. While he hunts desperately for a way home, he must blend in as a slave – even if it means eating mice for dinner! Gradually, Perry is caught up in the fascinating world of grand Villa Rubia and a life he could never have imagined. But when he makes a new friend, he thinks he might already know her terrible fate. Perry is faced with an impossible choice: to find his way home or stay and guard his friend’s life – and risk being trapped in the past forever…
