When Skeletons Rise
Will be published approx. on 15. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-912745-49-4 (ISBN)
Description
Eleven-year-old Arlo Skinner hasn't felt settled since his dad disappeared in London. Moving to a small Cornish village with his mum was meant to help, but making new friends - or trusting anyone - still feels tough.
With the help of his teacher, Mr Murray, and two boys at school who slowly win him over, Arlo begins to feel like things might finally be getting better. Then a sailor's skeleton is unearthed, sparking Arlo's love of all things pirate and pulling him into the buried history of a long-lost shipwreck.
As Arlo digs deeper into the secrets buried beneath the Cornish soil, surprising clues about his own family begin to surface. Just when Arlo starts to believe he could belong here, he worries that a hidden truth from the past might wreck everything.
With the help of his teacher, Mr Murray, and two boys at school who slowly win him over, Arlo begins to feel like things might finally be getting better. Then a sailor's skeleton is unearthed, sparking Arlo's love of all things pirate and pulling him into the buried history of a long-lost shipwreck.
As Arlo digs deeper into the secrets buried beneath the Cornish soil, surprising clues about his own family begin to surface. Just when Arlo starts to believe he could belong here, he worries that a hidden truth from the past might wreck everything.
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Language
English
Place of publication
ARDLEIGH
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912745-49-4 (9781912745494)
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Coral Rumble is a popular, award-winning poet; in 2018 she won The Caterpillar Poetry Prize. She has worked as a poet and performer for many years and now specialises in writing and performing for children. She has also contributed to around 150 anthologies for children. Coral performs and gives workshops at art centres, museums, bookshops, libraries, theatres and festivals, as well as in schools.
Coral's first novel, Jakub's Otter, published by Troika in 2024, won (9+ fiction category) the Spark! School Book Award 2024-25. It has also been longlisted in the UKLA (UK Literary Association) Book Awards 2026, a Summer Reading Challenge 2025 selection and shortlisted for the School Reading List Children's Books of the Year 2024. Jakub's Otter was also selected as a key Empathy Read title for 2026.
Coral's first novel, Jakub's Otter, published by Troika in 2024, won (9+ fiction category) the Spark! School Book Award 2024-25. It has also been longlisted in the UKLA (UK Literary Association) Book Awards 2026, a Summer Reading Challenge 2025 selection and shortlisted for the School Reading List Children's Books of the Year 2024. Jakub's Otter was also selected as a key Empathy Read title for 2026.