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Series Book 1 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 7 - Stranger Truths
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In Lagos, Gabe is writing about the engineering, trade, and daily brilliance that keep whole neighborhoods moving on water. Sade can sell almost anything, navigate faster than the triplets can think, and spot a weak plan before Tala finishes explaining it. Beneath the busy market, however, another route seems to be counting names. The children follow a hidden meeting-path into a mystery about
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Series Book 5 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 4 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 24 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 23 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 22 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 21 - Stranger Truths
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High in Peru, Gabe follows quipu traditions, mountain relay routes, and records carried through knot, color, memory, and movement instead of alphabetic writing. Inti is funny, stubborn, and much more patient with mountains than with tourists who expect every pattern to explain itself. A runner-path Crossing reveals an urgent message whose meaning depends on who carries it, where it travels, and
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Series Book 20 - Stranger Truths
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Series Book 19 - Stranger Truths
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