Leap in Time – From Walkman to Wifi
Welcome to the age of falafel, insta and helicopter parenting
It’s May 1985, and 12-year-old Roxy is having a perfectly normal day at school. While hiding from her arch-enemy Gaby in the school’s basement, however, she comes across a disused-looking door leading into a dark corridor. When Roxy emerges at the other end, everything has changed: School looks really odd, and the kids are staring at little boxes non-stop, talking to themselves and spouting stuff about “mow biles”, “tick, tock”, “man gas” and “what’s ap”. In hilarious letters to her friend Becky back in 1985, Roxy describes life in weird and wonderful 2025 – while trying to figure out how to get back to the past.
- A hilarious take on our world, as seen through the eyes of a girl from the 1980s
- An exciting combination of comic and time-travel story
- By the author of the popular ‘Penny Pepper’ series
Ulrike Rylance was born in 1968 and studied English and German in Leipzig and London. She was an assistant teacher in Wales and Manchester and also taught German in London. In 2001 she moved to Seattle with her husband and her two daughters.
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Catharina Westphal was born in 1971 in Weert, the Netherlands. She studied Design with a focus on illustration and has dedicated herself to illustrating children’s books ever since. She lives in Münster with her family.
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