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Young Annabel lives in the 1950s and dreams of a future with jetpacks, flying cars and robots. When her curse is fulfilled on her 16th birthday and she falls asleep for 1000 years, her house is grown by a magnificent rose tree. In the future a young explorer called Zoe discs her. Annabel awakes, they both become friends and they explore the new and wondrous future together.

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David Roberts hat zahlreiche Kinder- und Jugendbücher illustriert und wurde mit verschiedenen Preisen ausgezeichnet. Er lebt in London.

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