Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
November 9, 2008 — Mary Childs
Remember how good Among the Hidden was? Well, this is by the same author with the same possibilities for LOTS of sequels in the future!
Jonah is 13, knows he is adopted and has a younger sister–not adopted–named Katherine. His friend who lives across the street, Chip, is also 13 and just finds out NOW that he is adopted. And the other thing they have in common is that they are both receiving mysterious letters in the mail with a one-line message saying, “You are one of the missing.” The second message that says “they” are coming back to get them–Jonah and Chip–is even more disturbing. They start asking questions about the adoption agency that placed them and getting very little information. All their questions led Jonah and his parents–and sister–to a meeting with an FBI agent and then things REALLY got crazy–people and documents appearing and disappearing, mysterious meetings with people, and why were their names on a list of “survivors.” What did they survive?
I can’t say any more about the story but get ready to stretch your mind and your understanding of time and all the possibilities of moving through time that we can’t even imagine.
