The Half-Map

In The Half-Map, a scrap of waxed sailcloth carries just enough to trouble the imagination: half of Church Rock, carefully drawn, and no explanation. Around Polperran’s harbour, where the sea seems to keep its own secrets, Jory is pulled towards a puzzle that feels both salty and strange. Half a map may be worse than none — unless it is quietly pointing somewhere after all.

Young chapter-book readers will enjoy the clear, inviting pace, with plenty of room for curiosity, smiles and that delicious feeling of being one step ahead. The peril is gentle and age-appropriate: more shivery possibility than fright, with reassurance never far away. It is ideal for newly confident readers, or for reading aloud together when a story needs proper hooks at the end of each chapter.

Part of Jack Trevithick’s Polperran Adventures, The Half-Map lets readers grow a little deeper into the shared village of the Little Chough books. Familiar Cornish textures — rock, tide, harbour talk and odd local treasures — sit alongside threads that touch Church Rock and the Wreck Detectorist’s van, linking this mystery to the wider Polperran world while still offering a satisfying adventure of its own.