Send your child on adventures without leaving home!  These first books in two new mystery series, each about a set of twins, are a fun and entertaining read. 

Children of the Lamp #1: The Akhenaten Adventure by P.B. Kerr features a pair of 12-year-old twins who discover that they have inherited special powers, then journey with their uncle to Cairo in the search for a pharaoh and his tomb.

Ulysses Moore #1: The Door to Time by Pierdomenico Baccalario brings a pair of 11-year-old twins to a new home filled with secrets.  But the biggest secret of all is the hidden door without a key.  What could be behind the door, and why was it hidden?