The Secret Series

*The Secret Series*
	Boxed set
	The Name of this Book is Secret ; (2007); If You're Reading This, It's Too Late ; (2008); This Book Is Not Good for You ; (2009); This Isn't What It Looks Like ; (2010); You Have to Stop This ; (2011);
Author	Pseudonymous Bosch
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, Adventure
Publisher	Little, Brown Books
Published	2007–2011
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback) ; E-book ; Audio CD
No. of books	5
Website	http://www.thesecretseries.com/

The Secret Series is a series of 'secret'-themed fantasy adventure novels written by Pseudonymous Bosch (Raphael Simon). The series centers on three middle school children: Cass, Max-Ernest, and Yo-Yoji; and their adventures as members of the Terces Society, a group that seeks to prevent a mysterious "Secret" from being discovered by the villainous organization of alchemists, the Midnight Sun.

The Secret Series is inspired by Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and targeted at middle-school-aged readers.^[1]

As of 2021^[update], a film adaptation is in development.^[2]

Association with the five senses

Each book targets one of the five senses.^[3] Additionally, the plot of each book contains an item or object that relates to the sense the book surrounds.^[4]

Each book with its associated sense and sense-related object
Book	Sense	Item/object
Book 1: The Name of this Book is Secret	Smell	Symphony of Smells
Book 2: If You're Reading This, It's Too Late	Hearing	Sound Prism
Book 3: This Book Is Not Good for You	Taste	Tuning Fork
Book 4: This Isn't What It Looks Like	Sight	'Double monocle'
Book 5: You Have To Stop This	Touch	'Ring of Thoth'

References

^ Jonathan H. Liu, "Geekly Reader: Pseudonymous Bosch's Secret Series", Wired, 2011-10-09
^ "Q & A with Raphael Simon". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
^ Libby Molyneaux, "Pseudonymous Bosch: The Name of This Person Is Secret", LA Weekly, 2010-05-20
^ The Secret Series Complete Collection. Bosch, Pseudonymous. Little Brown & Co. 2012. ISBN 9780316219815. OCLC 776523732.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

Official website

[1] Jonathan H. Liu, "Geekly Reader: Pseudonymous Bosch's Secret Series", Wired, 2011-10-09

[2] "Q & A with Raphael Simon". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[3] Libby Molyneaux, "Pseudonymous Bosch: The Name of This Person Is Secret", LA Weekly, 2010-05-20

[4] The Secret Series Complete Collection. Bosch, Pseudonymous. Little Brown & Co. 2012. ISBN 9780316219815. OCLC 776523732.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]