TEHRAN (IBNA) -- Juvenile Fiction book ‘Time Travelling with a Hamster’ (2016) by English ‎children’s science-fiction/fantasy author Ross Welford has been translated and released ‎for Persian reading teens. ‎
This debut novel of Ross Welford has been rendered into Persian by a prolific Iranian translator of children’s books Samin Nabipour. Tehran-based Ofoq Publishing has printed ‘Time Travelling with a Hamster’ in 424 pages.
‘Back to the Future’ meets ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ in this original, poignant, race-against-time story about a boy who travels back to 1984 to save his father’s life.
My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty-nine and again four years later, when he was twelve. On his twelfth birthday, Al Chaudhury receives a letter from his dead father. It directs him to the bunker of their old house, where Al finds a time machine (an ancient computer and a tin bucket).
The letter also outlines a mission: travel back to 1984 and prevent the go-kart accident that will eventually take his father’s life. But as Al soon discovers, whizzing back thirty years requires not only imagination and courage, but also lying to your mom, stealing a moped, and setting your school on fire—oh, and keeping your pet hamster safe.
With a literary edge and tons of commercial appeal, this incredible debut has it all: heart, humor, vividly imagined characters and a pitch-perfect voice.
Ross Welford worked as a business journalist before becoming a freelance writer and television producer. His ‘Time Travelling with a Hamster’ was shortlisted for Costa, Blue Peter, Waterstones, and Branford Boase Awards. It was followed by six other novels between 2017 and 2022.