The Night I Borrowed Time

Name: The Night I Borrowed Time
Brand: Penguin Random House Children's UK
Price: 18.99 AUD
Availability: PreOrder

Read by: Esh Alladi

Author: Iqbal Hussain

Write A Review

At a Glance

Format
Digital Audiobook

Age
9 - 12

Duration
06:22.39

Available: 1st January 2026

Digital Audiobook

$18.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $4.75 with

Available: 1st January 2026

Preorder. Download available after release.

**Brought to you by Puffin.

A funny, heartbreaking and uplifting tale about family, bravery and living in the here and now, perfect for fans of Time Travelling With a Hamster and Wonder.**

I'm going back in time to save this family.

Eleven-year-old Zubair is a seventh son. This means a LOT of big brothers. But when Zubair's granny arrives from Pakistan and gives him a mysterious amulet, he discovers it means something else, too: he has inherited a gift. The seventh sons in his family have the ability to time-travel.

With his dad a shadow of his former self since his car accident, and his mum always tired and angry, Zubair has a genius idea. He'll use time-travel to fix things between them.

But each trip comes at a cost. If he changes something small in the past, it can have a huge effect on his future. And if he gets it wrong, the results could be devastating . . .

'Spectacular' Sophie Anderson

**'I loved it' Ross Welford

'Funny, exciting and tense . . . A wonderful, wonderful read' Phil Earle

'Will break your heart and make it soar . . . A triumph' Rashmi Sirdeshpande

'Witty and poignant' Louie Stowell

'Refreshingly inventive and gorgeously written . . . I could not put it down' Clare Harlow

'Astonishing . . . A beautiful book' Philippa Leathley**