Toby Jones and the Clash with Father Time
On Sale: 05/01/2010
Toby Jones and the Clash with Father Time
On Sale: 05/01/2010
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About the Book
Entertaining reading for young cricketers - when fading light forces them indoors.toby Jones is not your average cricket fan. It isn't his passion for the game that makes him unusual - it's his ability to travel through time, back to the great matches of the past. toby is playing for Australia in a junior Ashes match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It's the most important game of his life so far. But things take a dramatic turn when one of a band of sinister soul-snatchers - known as Grubbers - makes a ghostly appearance in the outfield and takes over the body of one of the England players. to make matters worse, toby discovers that his friend Georgie has gone missing. toby must return to the timeless Cricket Match and confront the powerful and evil Father time. Only by doing so can he save all the former and future test cricketers doomed to be trapped in the past forever... and the game of cricket itself. A thrilling conclusion to the bestselling toby Jones series. Ages 8-13
Critical Praise
Between Panckridge's match descriptions adn Lee's tips, this will keep the most ardent cricket fan happy - even when the weather suspends play. (TJ and the Mystery of the Time Travel Tour, Australian Family Circle, December 2005)The text contains ingredients that will appeal to many young readers. the story is complimented by an extensive glossary of cricket terms for the uninitiated and there is also an appendix of statistics for the games mentioned in the story. The avid reader is left eagerly awaitign the next instalment (Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack, Reading Time, 2003)Pre-teens will enjoy this book as it has the right mix of action, adventure and sport. (Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack, CB&P, October 2003)Panckridge yokes two disparate genres (sport and fantasy) together with flair. (Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack, Sunday Age, Drecember 2003) -
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780730444299
- ISBN 10: 0730444295
- Imprint: HarperCollins
- On Sale: 05/01/2010
- Pages: 210
- List Price:16.19 CAD
- BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / General
