5 stories about travelling in time

Journey backwards and forwards through the ages with these adventure novels.

The Nowhere Thief by Alice M. Ross (Nosy Crow)

Twelve-year-old Elsbeth has incredible power. She can travel to parallel worlds and bring objects back with her. However, her travels are soon endangered by some strange weather events and a mysterious boy who keeps turning up wherever she goes.

Time Travelling with a Tortoise by Ross Welford (HarperCollins Children’s)

Readers may recall Al Chaudhury travelling back in time with a hamster for company to save his father’s life. In this sequel to Time Travelling with a Hamster, Al must journey on to save his beloved Grandpa Byron’s incredible memory. This time, the task is more complicated and the adventure more perilous.

A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley.

Illustrated by John Broadley (Faber Children’s)

Penelope visits her great-aunt’s old farmhouse, where she travels in time to the 1580s. She is caught up in a plot to rescue Mary, Queen of Scots. Penelope knows that the Queen’s story will not end well but cannot convince her family that her case is hopeless.

The Past Master by Patience Agbabi (Canongate)

In the latest instalment of the sci-fi series The Leap Cycle, it is New Year’s Eve and Elle must travel back in time to 31 December 1999, just as the new millennium is about to begin. Can she and the other Infinites track down villain Millennia and stop her deadly plot to destroy the future?

The Time Travellers: Adventure Calling by Sufiya Ahmed.

Illustrated by Alessia Trunfio (Stripes Publishing)

On a school trip, Suhana, Mia and Ayaan are transported back to 1911, where they are caught up in a demonstration for women’s right to vote. Can they find a way to return to the present day without changing the course of history? This is the first book in the fun new Time Travellers series.