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If You Like...Secret Passages

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I have always been fascinated by the idea of secret rooms and passages. The thought of discovering and exploring a mysterious hidden room sounds so exciting! If secret spaces also interest you, try out these books!


By Lindsay Currie
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Young Readers, 2024. Fiction. 247 pgs.

Sarah and her two best friends love escape rooms, setting solving records under their team name, the Deltas. But Sarah's family financial crisis has reached the tipping point and they may be forced to move away. Desperate to stay together, when the rumor of a treasure hidden in an abandoned funhouse reaches the group, the trio decides solving the puzzles to find the treasure is their only option. But as the secret passages and locked rooms start to become more dangerous, the Deltas begin to wonder if they've taken on a bigger challenge than they can handle.

By Isabelle Marinov
Leicester, UK: Clock Tower Publishing, 2024. Fiction. 319 pgs.

Hugo loves maps and the dark, but he is struggling to fit in with his peers because of his autism. When he discovers that there are secret tunnels underneath Paris beyond the famed catacombs, and that the groups of tunnel explorers are accepting of everyone, he is determined to explore the tunnels himself and find a legendary lost treasure.


The Castle of Tangled Magic
By Sophie Anderson
New York: Scholastic Press, 2022. Fiction. 291 pgs.

Olia's home is the Castle Mila, a mysterious palace with constantly shifting and disappearing rooms, and hidden passages. The castle only allows Olia to access all of its secrets. However, when a violent magical storm threatens to destroy her beloved home, Olia must go on a journey to save her family's castle.

By Lauren Wolk
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2025. Fiction. 342 pgs.

When Lucretia and her mother move to a tiny island after her father's death, Lucretia struggles to find a place in the small town. She decides to spend her summer painting, exploring, and caring for an injured osprey chick, but Candle Island has secrets, like the hidden room in her new house, that Lucretia might get too caught up in discovering.
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