Book description
It's May 21 1941, thought Johnny. It's war.
Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do something when they
find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley . . .
as long as it's not the kiss of life.
But there's more to Mrs Tachyon than a squeaky trolley and a bunch
of dubious black bags. Somehow she holds the key to different times,
different eras - including the Blackbury Blitz in 1041. Suddenly
now isn't the safe place Johnny once thought it was as he finds
himself caught up more and more with then . . .
Sir Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing
in the UK today. He is the acclaimed creator of the Discworld®
series, the first title in which, The Colour of Magic, was
published in 1983. Worldwide sales of his books are in excess of 65
million, and they have been translated into 36 languages. He has
written a number of titles for younger readers, including The
Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, which won the Carnegie
Medal in the UK, and Nation, which was a Printz Honor Book in
the US.
He was awarded an OBE in 1998, and a Knighthood in 2009 for his
services to literature.
