The Secret Series

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The Secret Series
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Author Pseudonymous Bosch
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy, Adventure
Publisher Little, Brown Books
Published2007–2011
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
E-book
Audio CD
No. of books5
Website http://www.thesecretseries.com/

The Secret Series is a series of 'secret'-themed fantasy adventure novels written by Pseudonymous Bosch (Raphael Simon). The series centers on three middle school children: Cass, Max-Ernest, and Yo-Yoji; and their adventures as members of the Terces Society, a group that seeks to prevent a mysterious "Secret" from being discovered by the villainous organization of alchemists, the Midnight Sun.

Contents

The Secret Series is inspired by Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and targeted at middle-school-aged readers. [1]

As of 2021, a film adaptation is in development. [2]

Association with the five senses

Each book targets one of the five senses. [3] Additionally, the plot of each book contains an item or object that relates to the sense the book surrounds. [4]

Each book with its associated sense and sense-related object
BookSenseItem/object
Book 1: The Name of this Book is Secret Smell Symphony of Smells
Book 2: If You're Reading This, It's Too Late Hearing Sound Prism
Book 3: This Book Is Not Good for You Taste Tuning Fork
Book 4: This Isn't What It Looks Like Sight 'Double monocle'
Book 5: You Have To Stop This Touch 'Ring of Thoth'

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References

  1. Jonathan H. Liu, "Geekly Reader: Pseudonymous Bosch's Secret Series", Wired, 2011-10-09
  2. "Q & A with Raphael Simon". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  3. Libby Molyneaux, "Pseudonymous Bosch: The Name of This Person Is Secret", LA Weekly, 2010-05-20
  4. The Secret Series Complete Collection. Bosch, Pseudonymous. Little Brown & Co. 2012. ISBN   9780316219815. OCLC   776523732.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)