"A scampering pace that never flags, outsize characters, brilliant wordplay, fantastic beasts, and science indistinguishable from magic" (Kirkus)

"Extraordinary" (The Observer)

A Guardian Booksellers "Favourite Children's Book"

Chosen by Science Museum Group for the Gadgeteers STEM Summer Reading Challenge

Selected for the Schools Love Reading program

With real puzzles and a hidden object game for you to solve.

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

On his first day at Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy Kip 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)

"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
• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
• The Mysterious Benedict Society
• A Wrinkle in Time
• The Puzzled Mystery Adventure Series
• The City of Ember
• The Inheritance Games
• Artemis Fowl
• Harry Potter
• Escape Room
• Wonderscape
• Strangeworlds Travel Agency
• Doctor Who
• Mortal Engines

Ten Riddles belongs on these bookshelves:

• Science fantasy books
• Action adventure books
• STEM fiction for kids
• Adventure suspense for kids
• Magical science for kids
• Middle-grade fantasy
• Books with plot twists
• Adventures with friends
• Children's books on school
• Books for tweens and crossover readers
• Books for reluctant readers
• Riddles and puzzles for kids
• Solving mysteries