So many times we say, “Gee, where does the time go?” In the little village of Kinvara, J.J. is convinced that it’s going somewhere for real. Why else is everyone always late, and why else is everyone in Ireland constantly scuttling around, looking at their watches and scowling at the angle of the sun? It is so rare to take a moment to grab a few musicians and just revel in the joy of their music anymore — this pressure to go-go-go-go-go is taking the joy out of life itself. And J.J. does want to play — the music in his heart is his whole life, but now he’s got to find time to investigate what must be a family secret — he hears his grandfather might have been a murderer… but if he’s hardly got time to take a breath between school and home, how will he find time to find out?
But then a neighbor fills J.J. in on a secret — time stands still in the faery realms… and she knows just how to get to them. J.J. may be the only one determined enough to enter faery and remember what he’s been sent to do — but to do so, he has to vanish from his own life. And when J.J. vanishes… into Kinvara comes The New Policeman
At first, this novel seems unlikely for a fantasy candidate, but little by little the magical is revealed. A fun and quirky tale, this book won both the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Enjoy!
