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The Time Machine Next Door: Rule Breakers and Kiwi Keepers
The Time Machine Next Door (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- Iszi Lawrence
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 25 June 2026
- Run Time
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Asian history
What to expect
A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.
Time flies when you’re having fun. But what does it do when you’re not?
Sunil’s next door neighbour Alex is trying to cheer him up after a tricky maths test sends his day pear-shaped. Originally searching for an American corn dog, Sunil and Alex are soon journeying through time to meet child versions of future leaders. From getting in a scrap defending a young Rosa Parks to fetching water with baby Genghis Khan and a close encounter with the Tudors, will Sunil and Alex want to come back home at all? And will Mr Shaykes and his pet kiwi ever keep it down?!
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The Time Machine Next Door is an exciting new series of quirky historical chapter books for readers aged 7-9, to be enjoyed as a series or as standalone stories. Written by comedian, podcaster and children’s author Iszi Lawrence, these books bring lesser-known parts of history to life with hilarious plots, real-life characters and fascinating facts.
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Critics Review
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This is children's fiction at its best... Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson
The Lady. on Blackbeard's Treasure
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I love Iszi Lawrence’s new series, The Time Machine Next Door [...] Perfect for clever kids aged 7+.
Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries novels
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Details
- Author
- Iszi Lawrence, illustrated by Rebecca Bagley
- Narrator
- Iszi Lawrence
- Duration
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781801999304
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Asian history
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Time Machine Next Door: Rule Breakers and Kiwi Keepers, written and read by Iszi Lawrence A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.Time flies when you’re having fun. But what does it do when you’re not?Sunil’s next door neighbour Alex is trying to cheer him up after a tricky maths test sends his day pear-shaped. Originally searching for an American corn dog, Sunil and Alex are soon journeying through time to meet child versions of future leaders. From getting in a scrap defending a young Rosa Parks to fetching water with baby Genghis Khan and a close encounter with the Tudors, will Sunil and Alex want to come back home at all? And will Mr Shaykes and his pet kiwi ever keep it down?!_______________The Time Machine Next Door is an exciting new series of quirky historical chapter books for readers aged 7-9, to be enjoyed as a series or as standalone stories. Written by comedian, podcaster and children’s author Iszi Lawrence, these books bring lesser-known parts of history to life with hilarious plots, real-life characters and fascinating facts.______________
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