Secrets at Red Rocks by Rachael King - ISBN: 9781776953462
Paperback
Ancient selkie spell unleashes terrifying adventure on Wellington’s coast.

Secrets at Red Rocks

$17.60

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    4 March 2025

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Summary

When a boy finds a sealskin in a cave, he unlocks an ancient spell that tips him into a terrifying adventure.

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.

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781776953462
ISBN-10:1776953460
Author:Rachael King
Publisher:Penguin Group (NZ)
Imprint:Penguin Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:4 March 2025
Weight:182g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 16mm
About The Author

Rachael King

Rachael King is a writer, reviewer, former literary festival director, and ex-bass player living in Otautahi Christchurch.

She is the author of two standalone novels for children:

  • Red Rocks (Winner of the Esther Glen Medal, 2013)
  • The Grimmelings (Published in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK; topped the bestselling NZ junior fiction list in 2024; shortlisted for the NZBACYA; won a Storylines Notable Junior Fiction Award)

Rachael is publishing the first book in a junior chapter book series, Violet and the Velvets, in 2025.

Her two novels for adult readers are:

  • The Sound of Butterflies
  • Magpie Hall

These novels have been published in nine languages collectively.

Rachael received a Waitangi Day Honour Award in 2020 from the New Zealand Society of Authors for her work at WORD Christchurch, bringing Behrouz Boochani to New Zealand. In 2023, she was named Best Reviewer at the Voyager New Zealand Media Awards.

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