Corey's Rock
By Sita Brahmachari
Illustrated by Jane Ray
A story that beautifully weaves together themes of bereavement, identity and hope, alongside the traditional selkie legend.
Ten-year-old Isla has moved from Edinburgh to the Orkney Islands with her parents, to start a new life after the death of Isla's beloved young brother. Isla's mother's family is from Orkney and her father's is from Africa, and she finds island life is very different to her former city home. Her discovery of the old Orcadian legend about the selkies, half human, half seal people, becomes the key to adjustment and acceptance.
Many strands are woven into this deceptively simple story – loss and discovery, legend and reality, the pleasures and problems of settling into a new place, the need to make new friends, the coming to terms with sadness. Jane Ray's illustrations capture the beauty of the island landscape and integrate it perfectly with the atmosphere and rich texture of the storytelling.
HB
200x150mm
96pp
Age 9+
Published
ISBN
9781910959978
Endorsed by Amnesty International
£10.99
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REVIEWS
"A dreamy, lyrical meditation on death, family and finding comfort in nature in which Brahmachari uses folklore to explore how letting go is not the same as saying goodbye."
Children's Books Ireland
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"A very special book, a collaboration between two children’s book creators at the height of their powers. Its format is unusual but very pleasing, one that it would be lovely to see more frequently. It is simple in the telling but deals with complex emotions: bereavement, sadness, displacement, legend. The sense of a life lived at the edge of the land and of the healing power of the sea is what really endeared the book to me. This is beautifully captured in the delicate watercolour illustrations, the wonderful cover and the endpapers."
Pam Dix - Books for Keeps Books of the Year 2019
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"A tale lyrically told, dressed in sublime illustrations that brilliantly depict the fragility and beauty of life, lost in landscape where myth and sea converge."
Kirkus Reviews Starred Review
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