Struggling to manage relations with parents, a playground bully and schoolboy crush, Ben stumbles upon a device with strange powers that might just help.
 
Young Ben is struggling with his homework and doing his best to avoid a tyrannical school bully, but the problem that’s really keeping him awake at night is the ongoing conflict between his parents, who have split up and have very different ideas about the future. When he finds a device that appears to be able to stop time at the press of a button, he realises that it just might be able to solve his problems.
 
Author Simon Ireland, an English teacher with 35 years of experience, has released this YA
novel "Beter Press Pause," a captivating follow-up to "Read a Poem Write a Poem," which was aimed at 7-14-year-olds.