Helen James & Frozen in Time

By J Maxwell

This was Helen James first day at the Church-in-the-Woods Academy. The last thing she wanted was to be needed by the Visitants to solve some problem that they had discovered in the universe so when Hyming wrapped himself around her she objected to going. He said it was important so she agreed provided he did something for her, put 2 boys, who were bullying her, up on the school roof. As they neared their destination, on the far side of the universe, Helen was confused as there was no sign of a galaxy, star system or planet. The Visitants home cloud was tracking what looked like a lump of ice. In fact it was a space ship but something was wrong and they needed Helen to find out what had happened. Because, once the visitants had left a thin film of themselves around Helen she was able to live in what ever environment she was taken to and could communicate with the beings she was here to help. This made it easier for Helen as she was able to understand the controls off the space ship. With the help of the Visitants children Helen was able to discover what had happened and could turn the ship around and send it back home. What surprised Helen was that the space ship had originated from a planet within the Milky Way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: J Maxwell
• Release date: Nov 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370187836

J Maxwell

J.J. Maxwell is an entrepreneur who enjoys writing between (and often during) business ventures. Mostly a writer of screenplays, Along the Darksome Road is his first non-fiction novel. From a family of ardent readers, enjoyment of the written word seems to be in his genes, since his paternal grandfather was a rotogravure pressman for the New York Daily News (amongst other newspapers) and his great-grandfather and great-uncle were also in the newspaper business.

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Helen James

&

Frozen in Time

By

J.J. Maxwell

The Helen James series

The Yunkery Problem

Peace or War

Fall from Grace

Family Feud

Catch a Thief

Crash

No Answers

Race for Life

It’s Rubbish

Frozen in Time

The Ruby Sword

Saving Father Christmas

Helen James & Frozen in Time

First published in Great Britain in 2017

By R & J Looker Publications

3 Highlands Mews, St Leonards on Sea

England, TN30 0LT

Copyright © Robert J.M. Looker 2017

The right of JJ Maxwell to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by Robert J.M. Looker in accordance with the

Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988

All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

ISBN- 13: 978-1508488255

ISBN-10: 1508488258

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Cover designed by Hilary West

Dedications

This is dedicated to all those who believe that we are not alone within our own galaxy.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 - Lancaster or Loughbourgh University?

Chapter 2 - Catch a star

Chapter 3 - The way in

Chapter 4 - They live like pigs

Chapter 5 - Only a seat

Chapter 6 - My name is Tygar

Chapter 7 - They’re just children

Chapter 8 - Can we have a tow?

Chapter 9 - What do we do now?

Chapter 10 - Let’s go home

Chapter 11 - Is everybody alright?

Chapter 12 - Nyntin bound

Chapter 13 - Joan called

About the Author

The next book in the series

Preface

It is now 3 years since, at the age of 8 years old, Helen James had first been taken across the Universe by Hyming, a ‘Visitant’, to solve problems and save lives.

The ‘Visitants’ continuously patrol the Universe. When they find a Galaxy, Star System or planet heading for destruction, they bring in one of the 5 ‘Goods’ from around the Universe, to put it right.

Helen James is a ‘Good’.

She lives with her mother and elder sister in Bulverhythe-on-Sea, a small town on the South coast. At the age of six her father had been killed in a car accident while he was at work. Since then her mother has struggled to keep a roof above their heads and food on the table.

Chapter 1 - Lancaster or Loughbourgh University?

By now Helen James was 11 years old. It would soon be time for her to leave this school and move on to the local secondary Academy.

Helen had discussed which Academy she should apply for with both her teachers and her grand parents and all agreed that the best one for her was the Church-in-the-Wood Academy. Helen knew that her mother wanted her to attend Cherry Tree Academy as this one was nearest to where they lived.

But mum, they don’t have physics at Cherry Tree Academy, Helen said.

You don’t need physics to work in a shop, her mum replied.

I’m not going to working in a shop. I want to be a scientist and travel into space and see other worlds.

Don’t be so silly Helen. You would have to go to University to be a scientist.

I know that. I want to go to Lancaster University.

Now you’re being really silly. People like us don’t go to University.

Well I will, Helen retorted.

You’re not bright enough, she said.

If I can go to Church-in-the-Wood Academy, I will work hard and prove you wrong.

You will go to Cherry Tree Academy, and that’s final, her mum said.

"My head of year and Nan all agree I should go to Church-in-the-Wood, Helen said.

You’ll not disobey me my girl. Go to the naughty step, her mother snapped.

I’m 11 years old, the naughty step is for children, Helen protested.

If you argue with me, you are still a child. Go!

As much because Helen needed space and a place to think, she did as she was told. She left and sat on the 3rd step of the staircase.

It was sitting on this step, 3 years ago, that it all started for Helen. A blue haze came in through the letterbox and engulfed her.

This blue haze was Hyming and he took her out of the house and across the Universe to the Yunkery Star System in the Cytial Galaxy. Hyming