TUMBLE GLASS BY KATE CONSTABLE

Tumble Glass is a time-slip novel about the meaning of family and the secrets they keep. While painting a bedroom, sisters, Ash and Rowan, discover an old ring, and from that moment on, everything changes. They travel back in time to 1999 and land in their own house during a party. Ash is excited and joins the party, happy to experience the era and all it holds. Rowan is shyer than her older sister and tries to explore the house. She runs into a younger version of her mother and accidently interferes with time.

 Shortly after, Rowan finds herself back in her own time but minus Ash. She must find a way to bring her back home and enlists the help of an old family friend. Verity knows the history of the house and tells Rowan that it is magical. They must work together to find pieces of glass from inside the house in different times.

 Rowan travels back to the 1970s, 1940s and the 1900s. Each time she encounters residents of the house she has only known as her own. Each time, something momentous is happening and Rowan is drawn into the lives of those who lived there before. Can Rowan gather the things she needs before her family forgets that Ash ever existed? Can she be sure not to tamper with history or the lives of those around her? Time is running out and she must act quickly before her family is torn apart.

 Kate Constable’s latest novel again tackles the idea of family. As with The January Stars, sisters are thrown together and must work out how to solve a problem that threatens the essence of their family. I really enjoy reading Constable’s explorations of the sometimes very complex relationships within a family, and what efforts siblings will go to, to save their greatest emotional asset. Rowan’s character starts out as a shy and an unconfident person, but as the stakes get higher, she finds within herself a strength she didn’t know she possessed.

For Ages: 9-13 years

Number of Pages: 320

Published: January, 2023 Allen & Unwin

Themes: Family, relationships, secrets and determination.

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