Cover of The Best-Kept Secret

The Best-Kept Secret

  • 1988 first published
  • 114 pages
  • 7 editions

The Best-Kept Secret is a 1988 time-travel fiction novella by Emily Rodda. It deals with time travel, space and time, Merry-go-round and Behavior.

7 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions.

At about 114 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Time travel
  • Space and time
  • Merry-go-round
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Behavior
  • Child and youth fiction

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Best-Kept Secret?

The Best-Kept Secret was written by Emily Rodda and first published in 1988.

What genre is The Best-Kept Secret?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is The Best-Kept Secret?

The median edition has 114 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Best-Kept Secret?

Readers who like it often enjoy Many Waters (Time Quintet #4), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3) and The Merchant of Death (Pendragon #1).

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