A novel by Rosa Pendarves COMING
A dig at the ruined chapel on Enys Vean uncovers a small bell — the drowned bell's little sister, the stories say. It rings by itself. Only sometimes. Only when something, far out in the Deeps, calls first.
On Enys Vean, where the ruined chapel keeps its weathered secrets, a dig uncovers a small bell with a strange place in Polperran’s old stories. They call it the drowned bell’s little sister — and then it begins to ring by itself. Not always. Only sometimes. Only when something far out in the Deeps seems to call first. The Island That Remembered is a salt-tinged mystery of memory, folklore and listening closely.
For readers aged 9–12, Rosa Pendarves offers just the right shiver: eerie enough to feel thrilling, but held within a reassuring, storybook world. The writing has a strong read-aloud rhythm, with Cornish cadences, humour in the gaps between the hush, and a mystery that invites children to puzzle, predict and wonder. Its peril is atmospheric rather than overwhelming, making it ideal for confident readers and shared family reading alike.
As part of The Polperran Mysteries, this novel lets readers grow a little older with the village, moving deeper into its legends and coastal shadows. Enys Vean, the ruined chapel and the drowned bell thread this story into Polperran’s wider tapestry, while still welcoming newcomers. Like all Little Chough Press books, it shares the same fictional Cornish harbour world — familiar, changing, and full of stories waiting beneath the surface.