Skipshock

Publisher details

Author
Caroline O’Donoghue
Publisher
Walker Books
Genres
Children’s Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Released
02 July, 2025
ISBN
9781529520927

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Synopsis

Margo is on a train to a new boarding school 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 teenagehood is slipping away faster than ever before, but where she may have found the only person with whom she would choose to spend eternity?

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Dazzling and Romantic: Read an Extract from Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue

Review | Extract

30 June 2025

Dazzling and Romantic: Read an Extract from Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue

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About the author

Caroline O'Donoghue

Caroline O’Donoghue is the author of the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series All Our Hidden Gifts as well as several highly-acclaimed novels for adults, including her most recent The Rachel Incident. She has written for The Times and The Guardian, and is the host of an award-winning podcast, Sentimental Garbage. She was born in Ireland and lives in London.

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