The Road That Wasn't on Any Map
When Dad hitches up the family’s Coachman Pastiche caravan to their 2025 Toyota RAV4, it is supposed to be just another New Zealand holiday. But somewhere between small towns, strange bush tracks, and places that should not exist on any map, the road begins to change.
Ivy, fierce, red-haired, and halfway into her goth era, is convinced something weird is following them. Amber, creative, curious, and always ready to dive into a mystery, starts noticing patterns no one else can see. Little Oakley, rocket-mad and full of fearless questions, may be the only one brave enough to say what everyone else is thinking: the world out there is not normal.
From eerie campgrounds and hidden coastal roads to forgotten attractions, magical creatures, and secrets buried deep beneath the land, every stop on the journey pulls the family closer to a mystery bigger than any one adventure. And back home in Woodend, with Auntie Erin and the cat Meow Meow holding down the fort, clues are beginning to surface there too.
Funny, spooky, strange, and full of heart, The Road That Wasn’t on Any Map is the first book in a magical family adventure series about caravans, secrets, and the wild places waiting just beyond the ordinary.
The Family
Chapter 1 - Leaving
By eight-thirty in the morning, the house in Woodend looked less like a home and more like a ver...
Chapter 2 - Site 23
“Mum… our map is missing a site.” For one strange second, Ivy thought Mum might do the normal ad...
Chapter 3 - The Dairy with No Brand Name
The office door banged shut behind them. Morning had done a rude and ordinary thing to the world...
Chapter 4 - The Wrong Footprints
By the time they reached the coast, the day had thinned into that strange late-afternoon light th...
Chapter 5 - The Hidden Track
Nobody said anything for a full ten seconds after they got back to the car. The beach was still ...
Chapter 6 - The One Who Mends
The stitched strip looked less impressive once it was inside the car. Out in the pine clearing i...
Chapter 7 - The Carnival in the Pines
Morning made a decent attempt at normal. It put steam above the campground sinks. It put a damp ...
Chapter 8 - Signs That Eat Themselves
The honest side way did not look impressive. That was the first thing Ivy noticed once the carni...
Chapter 9 - What Gampa Kev Knew
Ben did not let them settle at the ruined shelter for long. He gave the penciled note one more l...
Chapter 10 - The Broken Waypoint
Ben Jammin did not raise his voice often, which made it worse when he did. “Move,” he said, alrea...
Chapter 11 - The Grinning Detour
The side of Home looked more like itself than the front did, which was not the same thing as look...
Chapter 12 - The Road That Wasn’t on Any Map
Nobody moved for nearly a full minute after the house went still. The silence had weight to it. N...
Characters
Caravan Chronicles Codex
The Caravan Chronicles Codex is the central reference collection for the world of Caravan Chronic...