Time Travel Twins: The Stone Age Clash

Twins Scarlett and Thomas have a secret. When they stay with their grandad, they get to travel to different places to experience life throughout history. Today it's The Stone Age, but they can't make up their minds what part of Stone Age life they want to see. Thomas wants to see a Sabre-toothed tiger and Scarlett wants to see Stonehenge. Neither can decide, so grandad says they can do both.

Travelling to the Old Stone Age first, on the hunt for a sabre-tooth, the twins become separated. Scarlett befriends a hunter who saves her from a dangerous situation and Thomas finds a child who has become lost from her parents. In their efforts to find each other and stay alive in this strange and hostile world, they learn lots about the Old Stone Age and also about themselves, too.

On returning to their grandad, they dive straight off to the New Stone Age. Divided again, the twins experience a very different introduction to the creation of Stonehenge. But each twin's journey allows them to meet and be welcomed into the lives of a group of people who help them to learn about the world they find themselves in.

Josh Lacey's Time Travel Twins: The Stone Age Clash, takes readers on two very different journeys from two very different times within the vastness of The Stone Age. Young readers will love the different story lines of the twins, and the experiences they have, as well as learn new historical facts.  An interesting and captivating read for the younger reader that combines story and history in a delightful way.

Recommended age: 7+ Curriculum links: Old Stone Age (Palaeolithic), New Stone Age (Neolithic), friendship, bravery, kindness, family, teamwork.

256 pages / Reviewed by Donna Burkert, teacher

Suggested Reading Age 7+