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15 year-old Kelly Faulkner’s family holidaydestination turns out to be further away than she expected – atleast in time!
Her new mobile phone, an excavated cellar, andunearthed babies’ bones, are the elements that conjure up theappearance, from the 1850s, of Handy Tanner.
Handy’s touch flashes them to Victorian Portsmouthwhere the unscrupulous baby-farmer Ma Chalmers, and the corruptRedvers Hunkin, spread despair and misery.
Kelly’s trips are short-lived, and full of danger,as she uses her invisibility to help Handy.
Back in the modern world, she has problems of herown. A sleazy pair of foreigners show interest in her young sister,Amy, as well as Sweep, the guest-house owner’s powerboat.Their murderous plot is foiled by Kelly and the time-travelling, andunseen Handy.
