Books like Secret in the Stone by Kamilla Benko

Thea Stilton's adventure in Ireland takes a magical turn as she and her sisters uncover a cave‑filled quest to protect the fairy realm from looming earthquakes.

Twin brothers Alex and Aaron Stowe face their greatest challenge yet as they rally the magical world of Artimé to confront a looming threat that endangers both Artimé and their homeland, Quill, in the thrilling finale of Lisa McMann's series.

When siblings Mallory and Jared set out to rescue their friend Simon from goblins, they rely on a mysterious seeing stone that reveals the world’s hidden and invisible wonders.

Sisters Claire and Sophie climb a ladder in an antique mansion and enter Arden, a magical world where wraiths roam, unicorns are missing, and magic guilds distrust one another.

Anya and her sister must outwit their evil step‑stepfather, a wizard who turns people into frogs, with the help of a talking librarian, loyal royal dogs, and a princess of their own.

In 1775, a newly released Lady Lydia Farrell is accused of murdering Sir Montagu Malthus at Boughton Hall, and a wounded Dr. Thomas Silkstone must use forensic science to uncover a hidden treasure clue tied to a Sikh dagger and the Golconda mines.

Max Spencer stumbles into a middle‑grade fantasy adventure when a killer unicorn hunts him, seeking the magical Codex of Infinite Knowability. He must outwit the beast and save his friends—and humanity—before it's too late.

The Story of the Stone (or Dream of the Red Chamber), a Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin and continued by Gao E, tells of an amazing garden, of a young man’s choice between two beautiful women, of his journey toward enlightenment, and of the moral and financial decline of a powerful family. Published in 1792, it depicts virtually every facet of life in eighteenth-century China—and has influenced culture in China ever since. Part 1 of this volume, “Materials,” provides information and resources that will help teachers and students begin and pursue their study of Stone. The essays that constitute part 2, “Approaches,” introduce major topics to be covered in the classroom: Chinese religion, medicine, history, traditions of poetry, material culture, sexual mores, servants, Stone in film and on television, and the formidable challenges of translation into English that were faced by David Hawkes and then by John Minford.

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A 16‑year‑old girl and her medieval scholar father spend a summer in a stone house in Wales, where a young ghost seeks a hidden treasure, drawing two families into a haunted mystery and a journey of healing.

Three sisters—Storm, Aurora, and baby Any—escape a menacing hunter and his wolves into the woods, using Storm’s magical pipe to navigate peril and fight for their survival and the realm’s future.

Three siblings in an alternate New York city team up to unravel a modern‑world puzzle and navigate a city‑wide treasure hunt.