Can I read Red Rocks on EtoBox?
Red Rocks by King, Rachael is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Red Rocks about?
Adventure tinged with magic when a boy finds a sealskin in a cave in this exciting junior novel. Winner of Esther Glen Medal 2013. While holidaying at his father's house, Jake explores Wellington's wild south coast, with its high cliffs, biting winds, and its fierce seals. When he stumbles upon a perfectly preserved sealskin, hidden in a crevice at Red Rocks, he's compelled to take it home and hide it under his bed, setting off a chain of events that threatens to destroy his family. Red Rocks takes the Celtic myth of the selkies, or seal people, and transplants it into the New Zealand landscape, throwing an ordinary boy into an adventure tinged with magic. With its beautiful writing and eerie atmosphere, junior readers will be thrilled and moved by this captivating story.Shortlisted for the NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2013.
Who reads Red Rocks?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- King, Rachael
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House New Zealand
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781869799151
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (97 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14