From the author of Smack, Billy Elliot, and Doing It, a strange and wonderful tale of time travelTam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm. But then one day he is transported back to World War II. Alone and afraid, he makes friends with May, who has been rescued from a bombed-out house. She tries to persuade him to stay at the farm, but Tam is afraid of being trapped in the past forever.