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People in Oakville have suddenly found all their spare time and all their time saved have disappeared. Nowhere to be found. There was no half-time at the weekend soccer match. No time for homework! Where are all the time sheets? Will a sundial still work? People in the neighbourhood are perplexed because analogue watches and digital clocks have ceased to function. Lucky, who just loves being a detective, decides to investigate. With the help of too over-active and somewhat incompetent detectives they manage to track a certain Mr Grimm who was on his way to Times Square in New York, just before the sands of time run out.

Alan Horsfield is a prolific, published writer. He has written or co-written over 100 educational texts/practice books. He has worked in educational assessment institutions including UNSW as an English Research Officer.

His first children’s fiction was published in 1996. Since then he has had over thirty-five works of fiction published for younger readers and the YA market, including ebooks.

As an ex-teacher in public, private and International schools, Alan has a critical awareness of children’s reading preferences. He is a past president of the NSW Children’s Book Council and a former judge for the NSW Premiers (Children’s) Book Awards. His books have been included with State Premiers’ reading lists for schools. Several of his books have been taken on by schools as class texts. A number have been translated or printed in other English speaking countries including the US, GB and NZ.

He enjoys writing zany, amusing ‘mysteries’ that stretch the imagination of younger readers and challenge their sense of logic. His YA writing tends to be somewhat more serious and, at times, suspenseful. Several high schools have included Alan’s YA novels as class texts.

1 Join Lucky (Lucy) along her detective trail through the leafy town of Oakvale, where nothing untoward ever happens - until Mr Grimm mysteriously arrived town and the clocks stop and no one has any time.

2 Thought-provoking and imaginative language twists incorporated into the storyline, add additional stimulating dimensions to the book’s fun appeal.

3 Readers will empathise with the inspired detective work of the protagonist (Lucky) and have well-founded suspicions of the sneaky Mr Grimm.

4 “In his latest quirky children’s book, Alan Horsfield sets the tone in the title, ‘The Grimm Mystery of Missing Time’, and the fun and puns continue from there. (What a witty way to introduce young readers to Horology!)” (Review by Sheryl Persson)

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