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ADVANCE INFORMATION

The Timewaif

Chronicles

Timewaif & The Roman Road

Deborah Lyon

KEY SELLING POINTS

A thoroughly researched and engaging children’s novel set both in Roman and modern times.
Packed with adventure and action as well as tackling some of the real problems children face including
bullying, racism, grief and taking on the role of carer for parents.
Future in the series will be set other historical periods, from the Vikings through to the Second World War.

Tim Wainwright is a twelve-year-old boy who acts as a carer for his grieving mother. He struggles with his self-
confidence as he faces the bullies at his school.

Tim finds himself slipping back through time to Roman Cumbria where he gets caught up in a series of
adventures along the Roman Road there. It is through these trials he learns courage, resilience and how to find
his own voice. When he finally returns to his own time, he is much better equipped to deal with the modern-day
problems he faces.
A carefully researched series of novels which will educate as well as entertain children. The first is set on the
west coast of Cumbria and sees its hero learn about confidence and resilience through his experiences in
Roman times.

Deborah Lyon, after a career in financial public relations, moved to the Lake District where she started a
successful holiday let business. She keeps busy running her company and raising a blended family of five
children. She recently took a Masters in Creative Writing as she develops being a professional writer.

Publication Date: 28th September 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805144168
Thema subject category: YFT – Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 320 pp Portrait Author location: Bowness on Windermere

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