The Schoolyard Detectives: Book 2 - The Portal in the Playground

By E. M. Thomben

The Schoolyard Detectives: The Portal in the Playground Book Two in the Schoolyard Detectives Series When a static-charged jungle gym zaps Lillian mid-slide, she thinks it's just bad playground luck--until her multi-sensor explodes, the monkey bars emit Morse code, and a hidden wormhole opens midair. Welcome back to New Light Primary, where recess can destabilise reality and a routine dodgeball game might glitch spacetime. In this thrilling second installment of the Kids Sci-Fi Detectives series, best friends Lillian, Tom, and their AI-enhanced dog Charlie uncover a transdimensional portal network buried beneath their school. But that's just the beginning. Anomalies spread. Echoes of alternate timelines bleed into gym class. Strange energy pulses hint at someone--or something--trying to communicate. Then Lillian finds a backpack. Her backpack. With notes she never wrote and warnings she hasn't yet lived through. What follows is a wild adventure across collapsing realities, secret basements, and strange versions of themselves--including a timeline where Charlie is the principal (and loving every second of it). Guided by messages from a future Lillian, the trio must align the mysterious "nodes" before time loops them out of existence--or worse, locks the universe in place forever. Perfect for curious minds aged 9-14, Kids Sci-Fi Detectives blends high-concept science fiction with laugh-out-loud dialogue, thrilling adventure, and a strong core of friendship, curiosity, and courage. If your readers love Stranger Things meets Gravity Falls with a dash of Doctor Who--this is their next favourite series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F6BZN7F1
• ISBN13: 9798281249423
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 139 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"