When she helps her sister, Ash, paint her bedroom, Rowan finds a mysterious ring that transports them back in time to a party held in their home in 1999. Both sisters are intrigued and excited at this turn of events, but Rowan unintentionally disrupts the timeline and, on her return, finds her sister no longer exists in the present. Rowan enlists the help of her mother’s best friend and neighbour, the enigmatic and magical Verity, to repair the timeline and rescue Ash in a race against (and across) time.

Rowan’s adventures at significant moments in the 1970s, 1940s and 1900s yield important personal and historical discoveries: family secrets are exposed, critical events explored. But will Rowan’s tenacity and persistence be enough to recover her sister before she is erased from both time and memory forever?

Award-winning Kate Constable’s latest novel, Tumbleglass, is a captivating time-slip adventure I inhaled in one sitting! It’s a beautifully imagined, multifaceted novel that readers aged 9+ will love. Highly recommended.