How to Survive 1985

In Royals, a group of seemingly random teens and a baby becomes trapped in a shopping mall for six weeks. This time, most of the same group are suddenly removed from 2025 and transported to 1985, without warning or explanation.

When Shannon walks out of a movie theatre and finds herself on the same street 40 years ago, the first thing she decides to do is seek out her mum, who, at that time, is a teenager herself. Now, we all know if you do happen to end up in the past, the last thing you should do is risk changing the future in even the tiniest way, but if you were all alone and there weren’t any mobile phones, or the internet, and everyone was dressed strangely with big hair, and people still paid for groceries at the supermarket with cheques because EFTPOS had only just been invented, then you would want your mum, too!

After a sleepover and the weirdest conversation Shannon has ever had with her mother, the pair set out to look for the others, tracking them down and then trying to find a way to return to their own time. While their presence in 1985 is never fully explained, the friendship between the teens continues to develop and their resourcefulness is put to the test again. Fans of Royals will adore this book (and so will their parents) and if you haven’t read the first one, never fear, it works just as well as a standalone. For ages 12+.