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Reader fit

For readers who love clues, places, and the story beneath the story.

The series is built around a simple idea: the public record tells what happened, while the Second Record tells what mattered.

That makes the shelf useful for young readers, classrooms, families, and libraries that want mystery, travel, curiosity, and meaning without losing warmth.

Series overview

The Second Record tells what mattered.

R. Stanek

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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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Books

Stranger Truths reading path.

Start with The Floating City Secret, then follow the Second Record through blue bays, clocks, lanterns, and stepwells.

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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The Blue Bay Drums cover

Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Blue Bay Drums

The Second Record Adventures Book 2

R. Stanek Stranger Truths

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

  • travel
  • hidden records
  • message
  • memory
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The Clockmaker of Fez cover

Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Clockmaker of Fez

The Second Record Adventures Book 3

R. Stanek Stranger Truths

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

  • hidden chamber
  • forgotten names
  • history
  • travel
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The Typhoon Lantern cover

Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Typhoon Lantern

The Second Record Adventures Book 4

R. Stanek Stranger Truths

A storm is coming. A lantern remembers the way.

  • storm
  • lantern
  • memory
  • travel
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The Stepwell Whisper cover

Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure

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The Stepwell Whisper

The Second Record Adventures Book 5

R. Stanek Stranger Truths

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

  • song
  • stone
  • hidden history
  • memory
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Use Stranger Truths as the younger-reader mystery path.

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