It’s a pleasure to be welcoming Robin Bennett to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for his book, Tucker’s Time Machine Telescope with illustrations by Matt Cherry. 

Thomas Tucker (or just Tucker to everyone who knows him) is walking innocently down the street when he is attacked by a chicken and falls down a hole. Unlikely as it sounds, this is how he ends up finding the Time Machine Telescope.

Unfortunately, Tucker seems to attract chaos and bad luck the same way that someone standing on top of a mountain waving a metal pole will eventually attract lightning and a free Xray.

Can he survive killer robots, Tudor kings, dinosaurs … and Kylo Hens long enough to complete his Time Machine Wish List

• GET RICH
• HAVE FUN!
• GET MUM AND DAD TO SPEND LESS TIME ON THEIR MOBILE PHONES

There’s only one way to find out…

Robin has shared an extract with us today. We hope you enjoy.

*****beginning of extract*****

Chapter 1

Tucker is chased by a chicken

Thomas Tucker (or just Tucker to everyone who knew him) was walking innocently down the street near his home. Minding his own business.

Although he didn’t know it yet, this was going to the most important day of Tucker’s life.

He was on his way to see Mrs Dempsey, the lady who looked after him in the holidays. His parents worked late, and they didn’t trust him to stay on his own for more than about ten minutes without getting into some sort of terrible trouble.

They weren’t wrong about this because Tucker seemed to attract chaos and bad luck the same way that someone standing on top of a mountain waving a metal pole will eventually attract lightning and a free Xray.

As we shall find out.

The sun was warm on his face, and it made him scrunch his eyes up, so he heard the chicken before he saw it.

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