![]() ![]() ![]() Riley returns with his comedic wit and ability to hide secrets within his stories, but adds a new dimension to the series by leaving classic tales and science fiction and jumping into the world of comics. When she and Owen follow the man, they find out he's called Doc Twilight and his house holds a portal to another fictional world, this time the comic book world of Jupiter City.īethany believes a villain named the Dark has taken her father, and she's determined to end this once and for all. ![]() But Bethany has been sneaking visits and now a mysterious man is watching her house. "Secret Origins" picks up with Owen and Bethany on hiatus from jumping into stories because it's causing too much trouble. This leads to many adventures in solving wars between worlds, making fictional friends and traveling through many tales. When Owen catches Bethany, he convinces her to take him into his favorite book series to keep him from sharing her secret. She has been doing this in hopes of finding her missing father, who she believes isn't in the nonfiction world anymore. In the previous books, we learned that Bethany has the ability to jump into books and enter their worlds. In this installment, preteens Owen and Bethany team up again in the ongoing search for Bethany's father. ![]() "Story Thieves: Secret Origins" is the third book in a planned five-book series by James Riley. " STORY THIEVES: SECRET ORIGINS," by James Riley, Aladdin, $17.99, 372 pages (f) (ages 9-12) ![]()
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