The Circle Breakers
- Subject
- Action & Adventure - General
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Pages
- 208
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Size
- 12.7 cm × 19.6 cm
- ISBN
- 9781838855796
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Fourteen-year-old Elle and her friends are going to a not-to-be-missed funfair. But a ride on the Ghost Train takes them further than they ever imagined. They end up in 1880, face-to-face with criminal mastermind, The Grandfather!
To Elle’s surprise, he needs her help. Someone has threatened to reveal The Gift to the media. If that happens, everyone will know that Leaplings can leap through time; no Leapling will be safe. Meanwhile, Millennia’s power at the head of The Vicious Circle grows.
Will Elle work for a villain to save her secret community? Can she and The Infinites crush The Vicious Circle for good?
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What reviewers said
The main characters in Patience Agbabi’s The Time-Thief [are] as literate as they are skilled on the athletics field. They are also neurodivergent, not least narrator Elle, whose autism is depicted accurately and sympathetically . . . just as clever and enjoyable as its forerunner
In The Time-Thief, Agbabi has written a second instalment to the Leap Cycle series that even exceeds the first. Elle is a delightful character to follow: not just a well-rounded heroine with a unique set of beautiful insights, but also an important example of meaningful representation in a literary arena where Black autistic girls are rarely represented. In reading The Time-Thief you also get a clear sense of how much Agbabi loves creative wordplay, as she tells a gripping time-travel story that keeps you guessing, while clearly having fun with the English language along the way! A creative…
The Time-Thief is a gripping and thought-provoking zigzag across time and across London for children from all ages!
The Time-Thief pulses to its own thrillingly original beat. An exhilarating, intelligent and twisty time-travelling mystery
A time-travel mystery that manages to incorporate criminal masterminds, neurodivergence, racial inequalities, intertemporal friendships and Samuel Johnson – all narrated in Elle's exuberant and energetic voice. Even better than The Infinite! Loved it!
Thrilling . . . Starring a brilliant young heroine, this original and inventive adventure story will keep you gripped from beginning to end
