Race to Rumble Ruin
- Author Mel Taylor-Bessent, Illustrated by Alessandro D'Urso
- Narrator Joe Jameson
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 15 January 2026
- Run Time 5 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods and feelings, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First experiences and growing up, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Multicultural, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family), YFHK.
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What to expect
Do YOU have what it takes to win the Race?
‘You’ll LOVE racing to Imagination Island!’ MAZ EVANS
‘Joyful!’ JENNY MCLACHLAN
‘Riotously fun!’ HANNAH GOLD
Luca and his teammates have three more challenges to face in this THIRD leg of the Race! They must crack jokes in Laughter Lagoon, ride giant space hoppers along Silly String Street, and finally, join in a game of Hide and Seek in a crumbling Roman-style coliseum, where if you are found, you are turned to stone…
Who will lose this time, and leave the Race FOREVER?
Critics Review
n ‘Bursting with incredible ideas and edge-of-your-seat action, a cannon-blasting, explosive whirlwind of fun.’ Jennifer Belln
nn ‘Pacy, funny, gloriously inventive and perfectly pitched for kids.’ Abi Elphinstonen
nn ‘The most fun you can have sitting down unless you’re riding on a cawhawk.’ Chris Smithn
nn ‘One of the most joyful books I have read … The only problem with Imagination Island is that you never want to leave.’ Jenny McLachlann
nn ‘Brilliant, bonkers and visually spectacular.’ Laura Ellen Andersonn
nn ‘A wildly inventive rip-roaring ride!’ Rashmi Sirdeshpanden
nn ‘Whipfast, thrilling and full of heart – the perfect escapist adventure!’ Ross Montgomeryn
nn ‘A brilliantly bonkers, ferociously fun, action-packed dive into the marvellously mad mind of Mel Taylor-Bessent.’ Jack Meggitt-Phillipsn
nn ‘This book fizzes with creative energy.’ Joseph Elliottn
nn ‘You’ll LOVE racing to Imagination Island!’ Maz Evansn
nn ‘A brilliantly engaging voice – kids are going to love this wild ride through Imagination Island! A fast-paced, fantastically fun adventure.’ Andy Shepherdn
nn ‘The world beyond the lightstream is inviting, inventive and vividly imagined.’ Guy Bassn
nn ‘A wild and wacky race brimming with wonders, bursting with brilliance, and teeming with thrilling surprises around every corner.’ Jo Clarken
nn ‘Brilliantly imagined, perfectly paced and so much fun!’ Justin Sompern
nn ‘An exhilarating adventure, brimming with whimsical wonders.’ Nicky Smith-Dalen
nn ‘A riotously fun and colourful story guaranteed to entertain.’ Hannah Goldn
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