A chapter book by Jack Trevithick COMING
Zach recovers a crashed survey drone on Carn Ruan. The photos on its card show the harbour, the quays — and Tide Row, marked in red. Some clues are bigger than a biscuit tin.
High on Carn Ruan, the wild edge of Polperran feels full of wind, gorse and secrets. When Zach finds Brannigan’s crashed drone, it is more than a piece of broken kit: the photographs on its card point back towards the harbour, the quays and Tide Row, marked in red. The Drone on the Moor turns an ordinary discovery into a quietly gripping mystery, with the village itself seeming to hold its breath.
Children aged 7–9 will enjoy the clear chapter-book pace, the satisfying trail of visual clues and the sense that a sharp-eyed child can notice what grown-ups might miss. The tension stays firmly age-appropriate: exciting rather than frightening, with humour and homely Cornish detail keeping the story grounded. It is a good next step for confident readers, and still has a lovely read-aloud rhythm for sharing together.
As part of Polperran Adventures, The Drone on the Moor helps readers grow up alongside the village, moving between moorland, harbour, quayside and the close-knit lanes of Tide Row. It touches the Marina thread within the wider Polperran world without asking readers to know every earlier story. For children already attached to the setting, it offers another glimpse of how one small Cornish place can hold many overlapping mysteries.