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Loris Owen

'Extraordinary' The Observer | A Guardian Booksellers' Book of the Year | Chosen by Science Museum Group for the Gadgeteers STEM Summer Reading Challenge | Selected for the Schools Love Reading programme

When Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, his world changes forever.

Soon he finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 years earlier by a mysterious genius. Kip, his new friends, and their furry sidekicks must stay one step ahead to find the Ark of Ideas. But dark forces are closing in and getting closer…

‘Deeply hilarious, highly intelligent...’ Children's Books Ireland

‘A mind-blowing, puzzle-packed, epic adventure...such a fantastic book, packed with so many ideas...it’s hard to sum it up in one sentence!’ Kieran Larwood, Author

‘An ideal choice for whole class reading’ readingzone.com

Find out more at quicksmiths.com

This book is for you if you like: Big Hero 6; Gravity Falls; Mr. Lemoncello's Library; Wonderscape; A Wrinkle in Time; Artemis Fowl; Futurama; A City of Ember; Harry Potter; Escape Room; Mortal Engines; Roblox inventing games.

Ten Riddles belongs on these bookshelves: clean fiction; science fantasy books for kids 8-12; diverse books for kids 8-12; action adventure books for girls and boys; STEM fiction for girls and boys; adventure suspense; middle grade fantasy; books for tweens; books for crossover readers; books for reluctant readers; books with plot twists; riddles for kids; puzzles for kids.

Nicolette Chin

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The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith

It's Kip's second term at Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy, and he and the rest of Team Glowflyer seem to be no nearer to unlocking the secrets of The Ark of Ideas set by Renaissance genius Eartha Quicksmith. But when an accident separates the four friends, and plunges Kip and Timmi on a rollercoaster journey through time and space, they must defeat a dangerous enemy and unravel the mysteries of the Myriads if they are ever to get home again.

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