Children’s book reviews: Transcend these strange, wacky worlds with quacking tales

Pet O'Connell rounds up a selection of books with one showing the quest to solve a good mystery never goes out of fashion

Patrick Gallagher offers a fresh look at the concept of ‘otherness’ in ‘Transcendent’.

Transcendent by Patrick Gallagher (Orion, €9.30)

Kira and her twin brother Jacob know they are different. At home in Uganda, their bright blue eyes and pale skin mean they have always stood out, but what truly makes them unusual is their intellectual genius.