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Secrets at Red Rocks

Jessie stared at him, hard. ‘It is not a story. It is real. Jake, if you have stolen a sealskin, then whoever it belongs to will be stuck in human form.’ Jake was surprised to see tears form in her eyes. ‘You must put it back.’
‘But that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!’ said Jake.
‘Jake!’ Jessie shouted. ‘You must put it back.’

Jake has taken a sealskin from Red Rocks and hidden it under his bed, unlocking an ancient spell that threatens to destroy his family. Can he put things right, before it’s too late?

In Secrets at Red Rocks, the mysterious Celtic myth of the selkies – seal people – meets Aotearoa New Zealand’s wild southern landscape and an ordinary boy is thrown into a terrifying adventure tinged with ancient magic. With its beautiful writing and eerie atmosphere, middle-grade readers will be thrilled and moved by this captivating story by Rachael King, the author of The Grimmelings. Previously published as Red Rocks.

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Description

Selkie mythology meets Wellington’s rugged, windswept south coast in this spine-tingling adventure novel, which won the 2013 Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction. Now a Sky New Zealand Originals TV series.
Reviews
Zac Harding, My Best Friends Are Books ~ ‘a magical adventure story . . . that children and adults alike will love. Rachael King has taken the Celtic myth of the selkies and transplanted it into a New Zealand setting that kiwi kids will relate to … There is a hint of darkness running throughout the story and you get a feeling of foreboding right from the start.’
About the Kiwi author

Daughter of the acclaimed historian and author Michael King, Rachael was born in Hamilton. She has a master’s degree in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Wellington’s Victoria University. Find out more about Christchurch author Rachael King on her author page.

Additional information

Weight200 g
Dimensions23.4 × 15.3 cm
First published

2025

Format

Paperback edition

ISBN

9781776953462

Page count

256

Published by

Penguin

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