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Harper Wells: Time Walker

By Bethany Loveridge
Series: Harper Wells
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After Harper’s brother Morris has a dream about their mother, Harper realises her mum is alive, somewhere in the past. If she can use the Issue 42 Wollemi Bed to bring her mother home, could this be her chance to have a normal family? Harper searches... Read More
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Can Harper solve the mystery of her missing mother, or will she stay stuck in the past forever?

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After Harper’s brother Morris has a dream about their mother, Harper realises her mum is alive, somewhere in the past. If she can use the Issue 42 Wollemi Bed to bring her mother home, could this be her chance to have a normal family?

Harper searches for clues in her mother’s greenhouse and at her old office at State Museum. She can’t work out why she keeps waking up in a random organ-building workshop with a pernickety girl called Constance Stone. When she’s out of leads, can Harper swallow her pride and ask for help?

And if she ever finds her mum, can Harper convince her to come home?

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  • Harper Wells: Time Walker
    Harper Wells: Time Walker
    After Harper’s brother Morris has a dream about their mother, Harper realises her mum is alive, somewhere in the past. If she can use the Issue 42 Wollemi Bed to bring her mother home, could this be her chance to have a normal family? Harper searches for clues in her mother’s greenhouse and at her old office at State Museum....
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761113482

Publisher: Wombat Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Wombat Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 204

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Bethany Loveridge Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Historical Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Historical Fiction Series: Harper Wells Young Adult

About the Author

Bethany Loveridge is a passionate arts educator and children’s author-illustrator who has always loved storytelling and the natural world. Her past jobs include youth worker, film and television teacher, curriculum specialist and museum nerd (not the official title). She currently works writing learning resources for folks like World Science Festival and Brisbane City Council. Bethany has won a suite of awards since she first started writing fiction ‘seriously’. In 2022 she was awarded an Australian Society of Authors/Copyright Agency Mentorship to develop a middle grade manuscript. This story became Bethany’s debut novel, the first in a trilogy published with Wombat Books from 2025. In 2023, Bethany won the Book Links Mentorship to develop an illustrated chapter book, the first in a series which will also be published with Wombat Books from 2026.

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