🧒 Hidden Children

Stories of sons and daughters kept secret — whether for protection, shame, or political necessity — and the emotional earthquakes that follow their discovery.

Among the Enemy

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2005

A hidden child escapes a raid, then enters enemy headquarters to save his friends and spy.

4.15

21k+

🏛️ Totalitarian Regime 🫣 Children In Hiding 🫂 Found Family

Among the Enemy 89%

A hidden child escapes a raid, then enters enemy headquarters to save his friends and spy.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2005

4.15

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Totalitarian Regime 🫣 Children In Hiding 🫂 Found Family

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

by Robin Stevens • 2022

A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.

4.15

2k+

🔍 Child Sleuths 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🏛️ Country House Mystery

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 88%

A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.

by Robin Stevens 2022

4.15

2k+ ratings

🔍 Child Sleuths 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🏛️ Country House Mystery

L'Enfant de Noé

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt • 2004

Hidden in a Catholic school, a Jewish boy discovers the priest guarding a forbidden faith.

3.95

8k+

👤 Hidden Child 🎭 Double Identity 🕊️ Wartime Coming-Of-Age

L'Enfant de Noé 88%

Hidden in a Catholic school, a Jewish boy discovers the priest guarding a forbidden faith.

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2004

3.95

8k+ ratings

👤 Hidden Child 🎭 Double Identity 🕊️ Wartime Coming-Of-Age

L’île haute

by Valentine Goby • 2022

Under a borrowed name in the Alps, a Jewish boy discovers mountains can shelter a childhood.

3.99

447

🕯️ Hidden Child 🏔️ Mountain Refuge 🫂 Found Family

L’île haute 88%

Under a borrowed name in the Alps, a Jewish boy discovers mountains can shelter a childhood.

by Valentine Goby 2022

3.99

447 ratings

🕯️ Hidden Child 🏔️ Mountain Refuge 🫂 Found Family

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945

by Marie Jalowicz Simon • 2014

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

3.80

3k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 Summary

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 87%

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

by Marie Jalowicz Simon 2014

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2009

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

4.28

46k+

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma 87%

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2009

4.28

46k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child

Greenglass House

by Kate Milford • 2014

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

3.99

29k+

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo

Greenglass House 87%

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

by Kate Milford 2014

3.99

29k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All 87%

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Found

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2008

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

3.98

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities

Found 87%

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2008

3.98

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

3k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

One Half from the East 87%

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent

The Fairfleet Affair

by K.H. Saxton • 2023

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

4.06

185

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir

The Fairfleet Affair 87%

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

by K.H. Saxton 2023

4.06

185 ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry • 1989

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

4.20

626k+

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship

Number the Stars 87%

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

by Lois Lowry 1989

4.20

626k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship

Anne Frank

by Melissa Müller • 1998

Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.

4.34

26k+

🕊️ Holocaust Biographies 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories 🏚️ Life In Hiding

Anne Frank 87%

Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.

by Melissa Müller 1998

4.34

26k+ ratings

🕊️ Holocaust Biographies 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories 🏚️ Life In Hiding

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman • 2015

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

4.31

14k+

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia

Masterminds 86%

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

by Gordon Korman 2015

4.31

14k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers • 2018

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

3.61

2k+

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids

The Lifters 86%

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

by Dave Eggers 2018

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids

The Rise of Flynn Rider

by Jen Calonita • 2021

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

3.89

604

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty

The Rise of Flynn Rider 86%

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

by Jen Calonita 2021

3.89

604 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty

The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke • 2000

Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.

3.99

103k+

🫂 Found Family 🏃 Runaway Children 👥 Band Of Misfits

The Thief Lord 86%

Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.

by Cornelia Funke 2000

3.99

103k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🏃 Runaway Children 👥 Band Of Misfits

The Comfort of Ghosts

by Jacqueline Winspear • 2024

An investigator finds squatters in a derelict London mansion: children trained for a secret war.

4.40

17k+

🔍 Post-War Mystery 🫂 Found Family 👶 Secret Child

The Comfort of Ghosts 86%

An investigator finds squatters in a derelict London mansion: children trained for a secret war.

by Jacqueline Winspear 2024

4.40

17k+ ratings

🔍 Post-War Mystery 🫂 Found Family 👶 Secret Child

Family of Spies

by Christine Kuehn • 2025

A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.

4.22

15k+

🔍 World War Ii Espionage 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🔐 Family Secrets

Family of Spies 86%

A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.

by Christine Kuehn 2025

4.22

15k+ ratings

🔍 World War Ii Espionage 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🔐 Family Secrets

Unplugged

by Gordon Korman • 2021

A spoiled tech heir, a forbidden lizard, a candy ring: summer camp just got criminal.

4.02

8k+

🏕️ Summer Camp 🦎 Secret Pet 💛 Found Family

Unplugged 86%

A spoiled tech heir, a forbidden lizard, a candy ring: summer camp just got criminal.

by Gordon Korman 2021

4.02

8k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp 🦎 Secret Pet 💛 Found Family

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2012

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

4.37

20k+

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict Summary

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict 86%

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2012

4.37

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Shelter

by Harlan Coben • 2011

A dead father, a missing girl, and a stranger who swears the grave is empty.

3.95

35k+

🕵️ Amateur Teen Sleuth 🔍 Missing Girl 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

Shelter 86%

A dead father, a missing girl, and a stranger who swears the grave is empty.

by Harlan Coben 2011

3.95

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Teen Sleuth 🔍 Missing Girl 🏘️ Suburban Secrets

While Paris Slept

by Ruth Druart • 2021

They saved a Jewish baby from the Nazis. Nine years later, his parents appeared alive.

4.27

12k+

🇫🇷 Occupied France ⏳ Dual Timeline 👶 Hidden Child

While Paris Slept 86%

They saved a Jewish baby from the Nazis. Nine years later, his parents appeared alive.

by Ruth Druart 2021

4.27

12k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Occupied France ⏳ Dual Timeline 👶 Hidden Child

One False Note

by Gordon Korman • 2008

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

3.90

55k+

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

One False Note 86%

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

by Gordon Korman 2008

3.90

55k+ ratings

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket • 2000

Three orphans at a grim school find their nemesis disguised as a coach, running them ragged.

4.01

175k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🎭 Villain In Disguise 👥 Orphan Protagonists

The Austere Academy 86%

Three orphans at a grim school find their nemesis disguised as a coach, running them ragged.

by Lemony Snicket 2000

4.01

175k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🎭 Villain In Disguise 👥 Orphan Protagonists

The Escape

by Robert Muchamore • 2009

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

4.12

6k+

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage

The Escape 86%

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

by Robert Muchamore 2009

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage

Everblaze

by Shannon Messenger • 2014

Forced to heal a pyrokinetic, Sophie discovers her true enemies wear the faces of friends.

4.46

64k+

🏰 Hidden Magical World 💕 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Enemies

Everblaze 86%

Forced to heal a pyrokinetic, Sophie discovers her true enemies wear the faces of friends.

by Shannon Messenger 2014

4.46

64k+ ratings

🏰 Hidden Magical World 💕 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Enemies

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin • 1978

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

3.99

237k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective

The Westing Game 86%

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

by Ellen Raskin 1978

3.99

237k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective

The Teacher of Nomad Land

by Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

4k+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees

The Teacher of Nomad Land 86%

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

by Daniel Nayeri 2025

4.15

4k+ ratings

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees

No Fixed Address

by Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

4.22

6k+

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets

No Fixed Address 86%

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

by Susin Nielsen 2018

4.22

6k+ ratings

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets

Framed!

by James Ponti • 2016

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

4.38

9k+

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic

Framed! 86%

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

by James Ponti 2016

4.38

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow

by D.E. Night • 2019

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

4.21

926

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow Summary

The Girl with the Whispering Shadow 86%

A hidden magical town should have been safe, but a stolen shadow walks its lantern-lit streets.

by D.E. Night 2019

4.21

926 ratings

🏘️ Hidden Magical Town 🖤 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Chosen One

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

4.33

13k+

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family

Making Bombs for Hitler 86%

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012

4.33

13k+ ratings

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family

Nightfall

by Shannon Messenger • 2017

Her human parents are kidnapped, forcing Sophie into Nightfall, a buried prison of dark experiments.

4.52

51k+

🌍 Hidden Magical World 🧪 Secret Experiments 🔥 Forbidden Abilities

Nightfall 86%

Her human parents are kidnapped, forcing Sophie into Nightfall, a buried prison of dark experiments.

by Shannon Messenger 2017

4.52

51k+ ratings

🌍 Hidden Magical World 🧪 Secret Experiments 🔥 Forbidden Abilities

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Eye of the Needle 86%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Magyk

by Angie Sage • 2005

A secret princess and a numbered army boy flee a dark wizard's assassin through marshes and magic.

3.86

125k+

🛋️ Cozy Fantasy Adventure 👑 Hidden Royalty ❤️ Found Family

Magyk 86%

A secret princess and a numbered army boy flee a dark wizard's assassin through marshes and magic.

by Angie Sage 2005

3.86

125k+ ratings

🛋️ Cozy Fantasy Adventure 👑 Hidden Royalty ❤️ Found Family

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 86%

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic

The Crowns of Croswald 86%

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic

City of Lies

by Lian Tanner • 2011

A thief chases kidnappers into a city where lies reshape reality and a festival hides secrets.

4.03

2k+

🗡️ Thief Protagonist 🎪 Truth-Bending Festival 🐾 Animal Companions

City of Lies 86%

A thief chases kidnappers into a city where lies reshape reality and a festival hides secrets.

by Lian Tanner 2011

4.03

2k+ ratings

🗡️ Thief Protagonist 🎪 Truth-Bending Festival 🐾 Animal Companions

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

by Kristin Harmel • 2021

Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.

4.25

98k+

🏕️ Raised In Isolation 🎭 Concealed Identity ⚔️ Wwii Resistance

The Forest of Vanishing Stars 86%

Stolen from Nazis and raised in the wild, she now hides hunted Jews in the forest.

by Kristin Harmel 2021

4.25

98k+ ratings

🏕️ Raised In Isolation 🎭 Concealed Identity ⚔️ Wwii Resistance

The Midwife of Auschwitz

by Anna Stuart • 2022

Two midwives in Auschwitz deliver babies in secret, tattooing each one before the Reich steals them.

4.5

56k+

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🤰 Midwife Narrative 👶 Stolen Children

The Midwife of Auschwitz 86%

Two midwives in Auschwitz deliver babies in secret, tattooing each one before the Reich steals them.

by Anna Stuart 2022

4.5

56k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🤰 Midwife Narrative 👶 Stolen Children

The Secret Seven

by Enid Blyton • 2006

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

3.9

12k+

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures

The Secret Seven 86%

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

by Enid Blyton 2006

3.9

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures

Stranger Things

by Gwenda Bond • 2019

Terry Ives joins a paid drug trial and discovers stolen children being forged into psychic weapons.

3.59

17k+

🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Psychic Experimentation 🫂 Found Family

Stranger Things 86%

Terry Ives joins a paid drug trial and discovers stolen children being forged into psychic weapons.

by Gwenda Bond 2019

3.59

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🧪 Psychic Experimentation 🫂 Found Family

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

by Andrew Peterson • 2008

In a seaside village ruled by lizard monsters, three ordinary siblings learn they are lost royalty.

4.32

34k+

🫅 Hidden Royal Heritage 👫 Sibling Adventure 🌑 Dark Whimsy

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness Summary

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness 86%

In a seaside village ruled by lizard monsters, three ordinary siblings learn they are lost royalty.

by Andrew Peterson 2008

4.32

34k+ ratings

🫅 Hidden Royal Heritage 👫 Sibling Adventure 🌑 Dark Whimsy

Flashback

by Shannon Messenger • 2018

Haunted by wounds that flare with emotion, Sophie walks into a festival where hidden enemies lurk.

4.32

47k+

🧝‍♀️ Elf Fantasy 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🫂 Found Family

Flashback 86%

Haunted by wounds that flare with emotion, Sophie walks into a festival where hidden enemies lurk.

by Shannon Messenger 2018

4.32

47k+ ratings

🧝‍♀️ Elf Fantasy 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🫂 Found Family

Midnight Howl

by Clare Hutton • 2011

Marisol's new friends in Wolf Valley, Montana, disappear at every full moon.

4.18

2k+

🐺 Werewolf Secret 🏫 New Kid At School 🤫 Friends Keep Secrets

Midnight Howl 86%

Marisol's new friends in Wolf Valley, Montana, disappear at every full moon.

by Clare Hutton 2011

4.18

2k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Secret 🏫 New Kid At School 🤫 Friends Keep Secrets

Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2015

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

4.14

18k+

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages

Book Scavenger 86%

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2015

4.14

18k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs • 2011

His grandfather's murder leads a boy to an orphanage where gifted children relive one day forever.

3.92

1.4M+

🏚️ Gothic Orphanage ⏳ Time Loop Refuge 🫂 Found Family

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Summary

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 86%

His grandfather's murder leads a boy to an orphanage where gifted children relive one day forever.

by Ransom Riggs 2011

3.92

1.4M+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Orphanage ⏳ Time Loop Refuge 🫂 Found Family

Beyond the Bright Sea

by Lauren Wolk • 2017

A twelve-year-old outcast risks a shuttered leper colony to uncover where she came from.

4.08

17k+

🏡 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪙 Hidden Treasure

Beyond the Bright Sea 86%

A twelve-year-old outcast risks a shuttered leper colony to uncover where she came from.

by Lauren Wolk 2017

4.08

17k+ ratings

🏡 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪙 Hidden Treasure

El instituto

by Stephen King • 2019

A boy genius is kidnapped to an institute that weaponizes psychic children. No one leaves alive.

4.19

348k+

🧠 Psychic Children 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🔒 Child Prisoners

El instituto 86%

A boy genius is kidnapped to an institute that weaponizes psychic children. No one leaves alive.

by Stephen King 2019

4.19

348k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Children 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🔒 Child Prisoners

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