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Stranger Truths #3: The Clockmaker of Fez

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 3 - Stranger Truths
A vanished water-clock design draws Gabe and the triplets into the winding streets, workshops, and ancient learning traditions of Fez. Their skeptical new friend Youssef expects another outsider story about a brilliant invention - until Tala notices mathematical corrections hidden where the official explanation says nothing should be. As the mechanism begins revealing more than time, the children ... Read more

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A vanished water-clock design draws Gabe and the triplets into the winding streets, workshops, and ancient learning traditions of Fez. Their skeptical new friend Youssef expects another outsider story about a brilliant invention - until Tala notices mathematical corrections hidden where the official explanation says nothing should be. As the mechanism begins revealing more than time, the children
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Stranger Truths #2: The Blue Bay Drums

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Series Book 2 - Stranger Truths
In Vieques, Gabe is chasing the science and stories behind one of the world's brightest bioluminescent bays. Iker, a fisherman's grandson who knows the mangroves and tides better than any visitor, warns the triplets that glowing water is beautiful - but never simple. Then a drumbeat crosses the dark bay where no drummer should be. The sound leads toward a forgotten warning route and a mystery ... Read more

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In Vieques, Gabe is chasing the science and stories behind one of the world's brightest bioluminescent bays. Iker, a fisherman's grandson who knows the mangroves and tides better than any visitor, warns the triplets that glowing water is beautiful - but never simple. Then a drumbeat crosses the dark bay where no drummer should be. The sound leads toward a forgotten warning route and a mystery
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Stranger Truths #1: The Floating City Secret

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 1 - Stranger Truths
While visiting Mexico City with their journalist father, three siblings uncover clues to a hidden story beneath the canals of Xochimilco. Blending real history, family mystery, and adventure, this chapter book opens a globe-trotting series filled with hidden truths, teamwork, and wonder. ... Read more

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While visiting Mexico City with their journalist father, three siblings uncover clues to a hidden story beneath the canals of Xochimilco. Blending real history, family mystery, and adventure, this chapter book opens a globe-trotting series filled with hidden truths, teamwork, and wonder.
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Stranger Truths #5: The Stepwell Whisper

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 5 - Stranger Truths
In Gujarat, an underground song pulls the Santos da Costa family into the breathtaking geometry of a centuries-old stepwell. Gabe is investigating water engineering and the legend of a singer whose voice still travels beneath the stone. Jivika, clever, stubborn, and every bit as competitive as Tala, refuses to let visitors confuse beauty with understanding. When echoes begin aligning with carved ... Read more

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In Gujarat, an underground song pulls the Santos da Costa family into the breathtaking geometry of a centuries-old stepwell. Gabe is investigating water engineering and the legend of a singer whose voice still travels beneath the stone. Jivika, clever, stubborn, and every bit as competitive as Tala, refuses to let visitors confuse beauty with understanding. When echoes begin aligning with carved
... Read more

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Stranger Truths #4: The Typhoon Lantern

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Series Book 4 - Stranger Truths
On the storm-tested islands of Batanes, Gabe is writing about extraordinary stone houses, survival craft, and generations of knowledge built against typhoons. Ayo, calm and practical even when the sky changes, teaches the triplets that warnings matter only when people are willing to listen. Then a lantern traces an evacuation path no modern map records. The route pulls Tala, Naya, and Rafi into a ... Read more

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On the storm-tested islands of Batanes, Gabe is writing about extraordinary stone houses, survival craft, and generations of knowledge built against typhoons. Ayo, calm and practical even when the sky changes, teaches the triplets that warnings matter only when people are willing to listen. Then a lantern traces an evacuation path no modern map records. The route pulls Tala, Naya, and Rafi into a
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Stranger Truths #24: The Carnival of Hidden Names

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Series Book 24 - Stranger Truths
In Recife and Olinda, Gabe investigates carnival traditions, frevo, giant puppets, neighborhood routes, and the work that allows public celebration to preserve local identity. Bela is bold, funny, politically sharp, and certain that nobody gets to call a living community colorful while ignoring who builds, carries, repairs, and remembers. A performance-route Crossing leads toward names, warnings, ... Read more

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In Recife and Olinda, Gabe investigates carnival traditions, frevo, giant puppets, neighborhood routes, and the work that allows public celebration to preserve local identity. Bela is bold, funny, politically sharp, and certain that nobody gets to call a living community colorful while ignoring who builds, carries, repairs, and remembers. A performance-route Crossing leads toward names, warnings,
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Stranger Truths #23: The Glacier Letter Run

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 23 - Stranger Truths
In Patagonia, Gabe investigates extreme-weather routes, legendary mail runs, and the stubborn human determination to keep messages moving across distances that resist every schedule. Luz is self-possessed, dryly funny, and unwilling to let anyone turn endurance into a romantic story without naming its cost. A wind-and-ice Crossing reveals letters and witness notes carried through places official ... Read more

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In Patagonia, Gabe investigates extreme-weather routes, legendary mail runs, and the stubborn human determination to keep messages moving across distances that resist every schedule. Luz is self-possessed, dryly funny, and unwilling to let anyone turn endurance into a romantic story without naming its cost. A wind-and-ice Crossing reveals letters and witness notes carried through places official
... Read more

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Stranger Truths #22: The Breath Roads of Jeju

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 22 - Stranger Truths
On Jeju Island, Gabe investigates haenyeo diving traditions, volcanic coastlines, and the survival knowledge women have carried through breath, work, and community. Yuna is confident, funny, fiercely capable, and already responsible for more than the visitors first understand. A breath-timed Crossing leads toward women divers, shore-watch children, and message keepers whose coastal routes survived ... Read more

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On Jeju Island, Gabe investigates haenyeo diving traditions, volcanic coastlines, and the survival knowledge women have carried through breath, work, and community. Yuna is confident, funny, fiercely capable, and already responsible for more than the visitors first understand. A breath-timed Crossing leads toward women divers, shore-watch children, and message keepers whose coastal routes survived
... Read more

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Stranger Truths #20: The Talking Cloth Trail

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 20 - Stranger Truths
In Ghana, Gabe investigates textile traditions, artisan lineages, dye work, and the extraordinary ways visible designs can carry meaning. Efua is stylish, sharp, and not remotely interested in being underestimated - or in letting visitors turn complex cloth traditions into one easy secret code. A pattern-based Crossing leads the triplets toward a hidden network of kinship, warning, and protected ... Read more

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In Ghana, Gabe investigates textile traditions, artisan lineages, dye work, and the extraordinary ways visible designs can carry meaning. Efua is stylish, sharp, and not remotely interested in being underestimated - or in letting visitors turn complex cloth traditions into one easy secret code. A pattern-based Crossing leads the triplets toward a hidden network of kinship, warning, and protected
... Read more

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Stranger Truths #19: The Kintsugi Workshop Secret

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 19 - Stranger Truths
In Kyoto, Gabe enters a restoration workshop where broken ceramics carry evidence of every hand that helped them survive. Ren is precise, quietly funny, and deeply unimpressed by anyone who confuses beauty with softness - or assumes gold is the most important part of a repair. The Crossing reveals that repaired objects may carry more than visible history. To follow the clues, the triplets must ... Read more

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In Kyoto, Gabe enters a restoration workshop where broken ceramics carry evidence of every hand that helped them survive. Ren is precise, quietly funny, and deeply unimpressed by anyone who confuses beauty with softness - or assumes gold is the most important part of a repair. The Crossing reveals that repaired objects may carry more than visible history. To follow the clues, the triplets must
... Read more

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Stranger Truths #18: The Cave of Quiet Maps

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 18 - Stranger Truths
In Kentucky, Gabe investigates vast cave systems, unofficial route legends, and generations of local guides whose knowledge shaped modern maps before outsiders received the credit. Ellis is thoughtful, quietly funny, and the first local friend to ask the triplets a question they cannot easily answer: what is it like to live without a regular school? A cave Crossing opens into memory-maps carried ... Read more

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In Kentucky, Gabe investigates vast cave systems, unofficial route legends, and generations of local guides whose knowledge shaped modern maps before outsiders received the credit. Ellis is thoughtful, quietly funny, and the first local friend to ask the triplets a question they cannot easily answer: what is it like to live without a regular school? A cave Crossing opens into memory-maps carried
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Stranger Truths #17: The Carved Doors of Zanzibar

by R. Stanek ...

Series Book 17 - Stranger Truths
In Stone Town, Zanzibar, Gabe investigates legendary carved doors, trade histories, and the meanings built into thresholds and household design. Amina is sharp, funny, and determined that the triplets will not turn complicated history into an exotic adventure story. A doorway Crossing reveals a hidden route through maker marks, household labor, and port memories the public story never fully ... Read more

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In Stone Town, Zanzibar, Gabe investigates legendary carved doors, trade histories, and the meanings built into thresholds and household design. Amina is sharp, funny, and determined that the triplets will not turn complicated history into an exotic adventure story. A doorway Crossing reveals a hidden route through maker marks, household labor, and port memories the public story never fully
... Read more

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