Time Travel Twins: The Roman Invasion

Discover two sides of history with the Time Travel Twins!Twins, Scarlett and Thomas, are learning about the Romans at school. So Grandad uses his time machine to send them back to Roman Britain.Scarlett finds herself in a Roman camp and is chosen as a slave by the Emperor Claudius's daughter, Antonia. The two become friends and Scarlett sees first hand the glamour and treachery of the Roman court.Thomas joins a rabble of local kids who hate the Romans. Their leader is a small red-headed girl called Boudicca. Even when the kids are overwhelmed and taken as slaves, Bou hatches another plan to attack the Romans.Will the twins find each other and escape, or will they both be stuck as Roman slaves for ever?Also in the series: The Viking Attack

About the author

Josh Lacey is the author of many books for children including The Dragonsitter, the Hope Jones series and the Grk series. He has worked as a journalist and written one book for adults, God is Brazilian. His first book for children, A Dog Called Grk, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award. Josh lives in London with his wife and daughters.Garry Parsons is an award-winning illustrator of books for children, including the bestselling The Dinosaur That Pooped series. Garry’s illustrations have accompanied the words of many prestigious picture-book authors, including Kes Gray, Ian Whybrow and Peter Bently. He has also illustrated the popular fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey and the space adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers. Garry lives in London with his young family and old dog.

Product details

• Authors: Josh Lacey, Lacey Josh
• Assisted by: Garry Parsons (Illustration), Parsons Garry (Illustration)
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781839133343
• ISBN: 978-1-83913-334-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Time Travel Twins
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Prehistory, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel, c 43 BCE to c 410 CE (period of Roman Britain / Britannia)