Countdown to Yesterday

by Shirley Marr

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Pub Date 4 Jan 2024 | Archive Date 4 Jan 2024

Children's Fiction

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Description

A stunning new story about family love, friendship and hope.

James is stuck in the present and that's the last place he wants to be. His parents have suddenly separated, and he has to get used to living two completely different lives. Now, he has two homes to stay in, two bedrooms to divide his things between, and two different routes to take to school. Unfortunately, nothing is adding up to the one great life James used to have and he wishes he could go back to the past, to his Top Six good memories with Mum and Dad.

Then during Science Week, James meets the enigmatic Yan, a girl who looks at the world with x-ray eyes, and he discovers that travelling back in time might not be impossible after all. But are his best memories as perfect as he remembers?

A stunning new story about family love, friendship and hope.

James is stuck in the present and that's the last place he wants to be. His parents have suddenly separated, and he has to get used to...

Advance Praise

About Shirley Marr

Shirley Marr is a first-generation Chinese-Australian author living in sunny Perth. Shirley describes herself as having a Western mind and an Eastern heart and likes to write in the space in the middle where both collide, basing her stories on her own personal experiences of migration and growing up. Her debut novel was the critically acclaimed A Glasshouse of Stars.

Praise for A Glasshouse of Stars

“A heartfelt novel.” The Telegraph

“Beautiful and tender with a voice that every immigrant child will recognise.” Kereen Getten, author of When Life Gives You Mangoes

“A wonderfully powerful tale of finding a place to call home.” Maisie Chan, author of Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths

About Shirley Marr

Shirley Marr is a first-generation Chinese-Australian author living in sunny Perth. Shirley describes herself as having a Western mind and an Eastern heart and likes to write in...