Siege

About the Book

Has Alec been sent back in time, or was his experience at Kings Keep Academy a delirious dream? Struggling to escape from his unfamiliar prison, Alec needs to find Rod to complete the mission set for them by Celador—to repair the time-tear and close an open time gate, as well as return the runaway convict boy to his rightful period in Australian history. The invisible war of worlds follows Alec to his family farm for his thirteenth birthday and drives a wedge between him and Rod that may be irreparable. Has the time-tear also torn their friendship forever?

About the Author

Graeme Butz is a former high school teacher and community worker who lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia. He spends much of his time working on his bush garden, reading, listening to music, visiting Op Shops, writing the next book, and talking to his ‘visitors’ (parrots, wallabies, lizards and snakes). Occasionally he spends time beachcombing on the New South Wales south coast, and helping with reading support groups in local schools. Written while still a teacher, the Kings Keep series—its characters, events, and narrative—were all extensively piloted on junior high school students (and underwent serious revision) to ensure language- and content-appropriate plot and text for the target age group.