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A concise, citable facts sheet about The Cube Chronicles. All facts are drawn from the books themselves.
| Series title | The Cube Chronicles |
|---|---|
| Author | Jeremy Tinder |
| Number of books | 15 (complete) |
| Genre | Middle-grade historical time-travel adventure |
| Reading age | 8–12 (middle grade), enjoyed by whole families |
| Reading order | Best read 1 → 15; each book is also self-contained |
| Total length | ≈ 3,861 paperback pages |
| Central premise | A nine-sided cube found beneath a shed carries three siblings across the ancient world |
| Recurring family | The Carver family, of Oakdale, the rural Carolinas (contemporary frame story beginning in 1986) |
| Themes | family, history, faith, craft and honest work, courage, responsibility, hospitality and generosity, homecoming |
Books & settings in reading order
| # | Title | Setting | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shed, The Cube, and The Sands of Time | Egypt | Old Kingdom Egypt |
| 2 | The Compass, The Coast, and The Edge of the World | Ancient Greece, Attica | Ancient Greece / Golden Age of Athens |
| 3 | The River, The Seal, and The Language of Silence | Indus Valley (modern-day Pakistan and northwest India) | Ancient Indus Valley Civilization |
| 4 | The Knot, The Flame, and The Bones That Speak | Ancient China (Yellow River highlands) | Ancient China / Early Bronze Age |
| 5 | The Shore, The Flame, and The Shape of Water | Ancient Japan | prehistoric-japan-jomon-2500bc |
| 6 | The River, The Wheel, and The City of the Moon | Mesopotamia (the Tigris-Euphrates river delta, ancient Sumer, modern-day Iraq) | Ancient Sumer / Ur of the Chaldees |
| 7 | The Rope, The Ridge, and The Roof of the World | South America (Andean highlands, ancient Inca-era civilization) | ancient-andes-inca |
| 8 | The Seed, The Soil, and The Cities Beneath the Green | Ancient Amazon rainforest, South America | ancient-amazon |
| 9 | The Rain, The Cedar, and The Rivers of Silver | Ancient Pacific Northwest Coast (an Indigenous salmon-culture society) | ancient-pacific-northwest-coast |
| 10 | The Fire, The Threshold, and The Stranger at the Door | Ancient Anatolian highlands (a Hittite-inspired mountain pass and guest-hall) and the Carver family's home in the Carolinas | ancient-anatolia-bronze-age |
| 11 | The Break, The Gold, and The Palace That Rose Again | Ancient Minoan Crete (Aegean) | Ancient Minoan Crete |
| 12 | The Song, The Stars, and The Country That Remembers | Ancient Australia (Aboriginal songline country) | Ancient Australia — Aboriginal Songlines |
| 13 | The Canoe, The Compass, and The Shore Beyond the Sky | Ancient Polynesia / the deep Pacific | ancient-polynesia |
| 14 | The Crossroads, The Weave, and The Road of All Roads | Central Asia (ancient Silk Road) | Silk Road |
| 15 | The Center, The Maker, and The Road That Was Always Home | Rural Carolina, USA, and a symbolic gathering-place reached through the traveling cube — not a historical era but the culmination of the family's travels across many lands and ages | Series finale / all eras converge |
Last updated 14 July 2026.