Jun 19 2008
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The good news:
Margaret Peterson Haddix has started a new series.
The bad news:
It has a cliff-hanger ending and we will have to wait about a year for the second installment… ARRRGH!!!
Like Ms. Haddix’s other books (Among the Hidden, Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey,etc.) this one pulls you in quickly and doesn’t let go. The story begins with a plane appearing out of nowhere at an Ohio airport. No pilots, no crew and no flight plan, just a plane full of… well, read it for yourself to find out. Jump forward 13 years. Jonah is 13 years old. He is an adopted child and his parents have been very open about it. To Jonah, it is no big deal. Then the letters begin arriving. “You are one of the missing,” is the first ominous message. Other adoptees, all 13 years old, receive similar notes. Soon the FBI comes into play and strange men appear and disappear seemingly into thin air. No one is who they seem and our protagonist doesn’t know which way to turn. The book ends with Jonah, his sister Katherine, and his friend Chip facing an uncertain fate.
Like the “Shadow Children” series this one seems certain to attract a large and loyal following. Librarians and book store employees should brace themselves for the onslaught of questions about the arrival of the next installment (according to Ms. Haddix’s web site, “Book Two, Sent,coming 2009.”)
By Mr. Doyle
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I gave this to a middle school boy who whipped right through it. He immediately asked when the sequel was coming out.