The Night I Borrowed Time
- Author Iqbal Hussain
- Narrator Esh Alladi
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date 1 January 2026
- Run Time 6 hours and 23 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family break-up.
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A funny, heartbreaking and uplifting tale about family, bravery and living in the here and now, perfect for fans of Time Travelling With a Hamster and Wonder.
I’m going back in time to save this family.
Eleven-year-old Zubair is a seventh son. This means a LOT of big brothers. But when Zubair’s granny arrives from Pakistan and gives him a mysterious amulet, he discovers it means something else, too: he has inherited a gift. The seventh sons in his family have the ability to time-travel.
With his dad a shadow of his former self since his car accident, and his mum always tired and angry, Zubair has a genius idea. He’ll use time-travel to fix things between them.
But each trip comes at a cost. If he changes something small in the past, it can have a huge effect on his future. And if he gets it wrong, the results could be devastating . . .
'Spectacular' Sophie Anderson
'I loved it' Ross Welford
'Funny, exciting and tense . . . A wonderful, wonderful read' Phil Earle
'Will break your heart and make it soar . . . A triumph' Rashmi Sirdeshpande
'Witty and poignant' Louie Stowell
'Refreshingly inventive and gorgeously written . . . I could not put it down' Clare Harlow
'Astonishing . . . A beautiful book' Philippa Leathley
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