Into the Sideways World

The moving, funny, thrilling and adventured-filled new novel for readers of 10 and up from bestselling author Ross Welford. When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following the creature into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternate, ideal, world – one where pollution and conflict have been conquered decades ago and even their own families seem happier. But when they return, no one believes them. So, with a global war looming in their own world, their quest for proof of the Sideways World becomes ever-more urgent, in a nail-biting race against time. And Willa and Manny will have to make an impossible decision: because once you find a perfect world, can you ever leave it behind . . .? Ross Welford, the Sunday Times bestselling author, takes us on a thrilling journey in his latest sci-fi novel. The story, filled with action and adventure, explores the themes of friendship, family, and social responsibility, as the children strive to prove the existence of the Sideways World, a utopia free from conflict and pollution. For fans of Christopher Edge (The Longest Night of Charlie Noon), Katherine Rundell (The Wolf Wilder), Maz Evans (Beyond the Odyssey), Ben Miller (Diary of a Big Bad Wolf), and J M Forster (Bad Hair Days). HarperCollins Children's 2022