This fantasy novel is set in two cities; an alternate 1858 Victorian London and a shadow city called Donlen, ruled over by the Green Witch. Time is sometimes malleable in this world and the Green Witch can control it. Meanwhile, in London, people are disappearing, sometimes returning as if their life force has been taken.

Fourteen-year-old Ava has been brought up by her watchmaker father, believing that her mother died when she was young. In Donlen, Jack has been brought up an orphan and now works as an apprentice. When Ava suddenly disappears from London, reappearing in Donlen, she meets Jack and both of their lives change forever. Ava and Jack are forced on the run in an action-packed adventure involving the Green Witch herself. When Days Tilt is an exciting debut Australian novel with an unique concept about transforming time. The first in a duology, it heralds a new Australian voice and will be enjoyed by fantasy readers aged 11+.

Angela Crocombe is the manager of Readings Kids.