Skipshock
By Author / Illustrator
Caroline O'Donoghue
Genre
Romance & Relationships
Age range(s)
14+
Publisher
Walker Books
ISBN
9781529531329
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
05-06-2025
Synopsis
A dazzlingly inventive sci-fi fantasy romance from the bestselling Irish author of The Rachel Incident and host of Sentimental Garbage.
Margo is on a train when she slips into another dimension, passing from the height of Irish summer into the chill of an alien winter, from a 24-hour day to one that begins and ends in just six hours. From a stranger on the train – a travelling salesman by the name of Moon – she learns that New Davia is part of a world scarred by uprisings, travel bans and world sealings. Power is determined by time – who has it, who doesn’t, and who has the freedom to travel between time zones.
Can Margo find a way to get back home – or will she choose to stay in a world where her youth is slipping away faster than ever before, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?
"Skipshock isn’t just a book. It is, literally, a new world to dive into, and one so exquisitely conjured that you feel you live there for a while. A suspenseful, romantic, charming and really unique tale." – Matt Haig
WINNER of the Children's Books Ireland Judges' Special Award; Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the Books Are My Bag Awards.
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