A new children's book, "The Timewaif Chronicles: Timewaif and the Roman Road," has been released.

The book, published on September 28, is 'packed with adventure and action', while also addressing real issues children face, such as bullying, racism, grief, and caring for parents.

Author Deborah Lyon, originally from Bolton, is keen to promote the book in her hometown.

After a career in financial public relations, Ms Lyon moved to the Lake District, where she started a holiday let business.

She recently completed a master's degree in creative writing and she is pursuing a career as a professional writer.

Ms Lyon said: "The book was inspired by a visit to the ruins of the Roman fort Galava, and seeing the tombstone of a man called Flavius in a local museum.

"His tombstone describes how he was killed in a raid on the fort, but with no more information.

"I started to wonder how Flavius had died, constructing stories in my head, and began researching Roman Britain in Cumbria.

"There was so much rich detail, which I knew would interest my own kids.

"From there the idea of a timeslip novel moving between modern Cumbria and its ancient counterpart came into being, with a young lad struggling with life on the west coast finding out about his own inner strength and resilience through experiences in this ancient period of history.”

The book follows 12-year-old Tim Wainwright, who is growing up on the west coast of Cumbria and struggling with his mum's intense grief after the death of his father and the constant taunting of village bullies.

Fleeing his tormentors after school one day, he finds a hidden cave in the sea cliffs.

Once inside, Tim leaps through an enchanted hopscotch board to emerge into a very different Cumbria, two thousand years in the past.

This is the first book in the Timewaif series.