The Accidental Vikings
- Author Karen McCombie, Illustrated by Anneli Bray
- Narrator Joe Pitts
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 15 January 2026
- Run Time 1 hours and 4 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories.
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What to expect
Alfie and Kat’s school trip takes an unexpected turn when they’re whisked back to a Viking village in this exciting time-slip adventure from bestselling author Karen McCombie.
Things take a weird turn for Alfie and Kat when they get separated from the rest of their group on a school trip to the Viking Museum. The models around them start to come to life, and at first Kat is sure they’re being pranked for a TV game show.
She urges Alfie to play along, and they take part in Viking village life – cooking, weaving and even digging a toilet pit. But will they ever be able to find their way back home?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.
Critics Review
“This is history as seen by a 7-year-old, but all wrapped up in an engaging mystery” – English 4-11 on Karen McCombie’s previous time-slip adventure for Barrington Stoke, The Boy Who Stole the Pharaoh’s Lunch
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