The Shell Keepers

Author: Johnston, Truly

Interest age: from c 8 years

Published on 5 June 2025 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 304 pages
128 x 197 x 21 | 168g

An

enchanting and sunny seaside adventure - perfect for sunny days

ahead!

When Corrine picks up a shell on

the beach, she doesn’t expect to see a tiny girl inside it.

Kauri lives below the sand and sea,

travelling with her family on the tides. But now their miniature

world is in danger, and they need a shell keeper to keep them

safe . . .

A

cosy middle-grade debut from Truly Johnston, winner of the Bath

Children’s Novel Award 2022.

A

heart-warming tale about a family of miniature people cast adrift

in the human world.

Shades

of The Borrowers in a coastal seaside setting.

Themes

of belonging, identity, environment and activism, wrapped

up in a sunny adventure and treasure hunt.