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In Prior's Pocket
In Prior's Pocket
In Prior's Pocket
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In Prior's Pocket

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Teenager Bill Fields and his father move into a new but old house, which is one of four identical dwellings in Prior’s Pocket. For Bill, the place takes some getting used to; it’s old and spooky, especially in the daytime when he comes home to an empty house.
One day, he finds the place has an attic and discovers up there a model house. Bill sets about restoring the model, cleaning and reconditioning to make it good as new. His father points out that the model is a representation of the place they now live in, so maybe it was an architect’s model to show how the houses would look once they were built.
There is a family occupying the model house, tiny life-like figures — father, mother and teenage daughter. Bill gives them names and as time goes on, he becomes more and more absorbed in the life he has created for them. Before long, he finds himself actually inside the model house and back in the year 1927.
But more than that — the family he meets are in crisis and they look to Bill to help end their agony.
This is a time-travel mystery story.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 3, 2014
ISBN9781311130655
In Prior's Pocket
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David McRobbie

David McRobbie was born in Glasgow in 1934. After an apprenticeship he joined the Merchant Navy as a marine engineer and sailed the world, or some of it. Eventually he worked his passage to Australia, got married and settled down for a bit only to move to Papua New Guinea where he trained as a teacher. Subsequently he found work as a college lecturer, then a researcher for parliament. Back in Australia in 1974 he joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a producer of radio and television programs for young people. In 1990 he gave up this work to become a full time writer for children and young adults. He has written over thirty paperbacks, mainly novels, but some are collections of short stories, plays and 'how-to' books on creative writing. Three of his novels were adapted for television, with David writing all of the sixty-five scripts — the first being The Wayne Manifesto in 1996, followed by Eugénie Sandler, PI then Fergus McPhail. These shows were broadcast throughout the world, including Australia and Britain on BBC and ITV. The BBC adapted another of David's novels for television — See How They Run, which became the first BBC/ABC co-production. At the age of 79, David is still at work. His most recent paperback novels are Vinnie's War, (Allen & Unwin) published in 2011, about childhood evacuation in the second world war. This was followed by To Brave The Seas, in 2013, a story about a 14-year-old boy who sails in Atlantic convoys during WW2. Both books are available online.

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