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Series identity

A globe-spanning mystery path for young readers.

Stranger Truths should not be framed as trivia or fact books. The shelf is adventure through hidden records, meaningful forgotten truths, travel, family, and clues in places.

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Stranger Truths

The public record tells what happened. The Second Record tells what mattered.

Children's mystery adventure about hidden history, secret records, travel, family, clues, and forgotten truths.

Genre
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
Readers
Ages 7-11 / Grades 2-6; classroom-friendly readers, families, teachers, and librarians.
Books
5
  • The Floating City Secret
  • The Blue Bay Drums
  • The Clockmaker Of Fez
  • The Typhoon Lantern
  • The Stepwell Whisper
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The Floating City Secret

A floating garden. An impossible record. A secret beneath the city.

Recommended first path for children’s mystery-adventure readers.

Books in the series

The Second Record Adventures reading path.

Each book opens a different place, clue, and forgotten truth while keeping the story family-safe and classroom-friendly.

The Floating City Secret cover

Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Floating City Secret

The Second Record Adventures Book 1

R. Stanek Stranger Truths

A floating garden. An impossible record. A secret beneath the city.

  • hidden history
  • travel
  • family
  • records
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Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Blue Bay Drums

The Second Record Adventures Book 2

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The water glows. The drums remember. The message still matters.

  • travel
  • hidden records
  • message
  • memory
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Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Clockmaker of Fez

The Second Record Adventures Book 3

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A vanished clock. A hidden chamber. A name left out of history.

  • hidden chamber
  • forgotten names
  • history
  • travel
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Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Typhoon Lantern

The Second Record Adventures Book 4

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A storm is coming. A lantern remembers the way.

  • storm
  • lantern
  • memory
  • travel
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Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Stepwell Whisper

The Second Record Adventures Book 5

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A vanished song. A carved stairway. A whisper under stone.

  • song
  • stone
  • hidden history
  • memory
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