When nine-year-old Sarah accepted the challenge to travel back in time, she had thought she might meet Robin Hood or King Arthur. She had not bargained on joining a rag-tag band of half-starved children toiling deep under ground in a south Yorkshire coalmine. She becomes a trapper - a child who sat hour after hour in darkness and pulled on a string to open a trap to let the trucks of coal hurtle onwards just inches away from their toes; that is until the mine starts flooding. In 1812, the scandal broke, shocking the social caring middle classes that children as young as seven were working in the mines. The story came out because 26 children died when the mine at Silkstone flooded. Today you can read a small memorial in Silkstone parish church to their death. This book is another memorial.

 

This is number 6 in Time Traveller Kids .

There are 120 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Seven Arches Publishing .

Elizabeth Dye, a biologist and author of 'The Peach Tree Battle' has had an enduring interest in the natural world and plant life in particular. She retired a few years ago to pursue her many interests that include painting, writing and lively support for the local church. Her grandchildren offer advice and encouragement about the stories she writes.