Jonah and Katherine are at school when time freezes. Everyone, everywhere in the twenty-first century is frozen in time—except for those who have traveled through time before. Something is catastrophically wrong, but why? And how can they fix it?
Jonah and Katherine end up back in time again, in 1903, where a botched job of returning Albert Einstein’s secret daughter Lieserl has somehow critically damaged time itself. Cut off from all communications with other time travelers, they discover a second problem: Albert Einstein’s wife, Mileva, knows they’re there. And she’s determined not to let anyone take away her daughter.
“Haddix provides fascinating information about Mileva Einstein and the as-yet-unresolved mysteries surrounding her first child.”
—Booklist
Jonah and Katherine are still reeling from the traumatic events of Sabotaged when they are hurtled through time again, to 1611, moments before a mutiny on Henry Hudson’s ship in the icy waters of James Bay. As they struggle to survive the brutal conditions aboard the ship, Jonah and Katherine begin to realize that something is very wrong. A crucial person has vanished, and the history they remember is drastically different from what they’re experiencing. Will this new version of history replace the real past? Jonah and Katherine struggle to unravel the mysteries of 1611 and the Northwest Passage before the only future they’ve ever known is lost forever.
“Another action-filled and suspenseful historical thriller.”
—Kirkus Reviews
After helping Chip and Alex survive fifteenth-century London, Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child, Andrea, face her fate in history. Andrea is really Virginia Dare, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jonah and Katherine are confident in their ability to help Andrea fix history, but when their journey goes dangerously awry, they realize they may be in over their heads: They seem to have landed in the wrong time period. They can’t reach JB for help. Andrea is behaving oddly. And even worse, it appears that someone has deliberately sabotaged their mission…
“Best of the series so far.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Jonah and Chip barely have time to adjust to the knowledge that they are missing children from history when Chip and another boy, Alex, are hurtled back to their rightful time period. Desperate not to lose their friends, Jonah and Katherine grab on for the ride. When they arrive in London in 1483, Chip and Alex finally learn their true identities: the missing princes from the Tower of London! JB promises that if the kids can set history right, they can return home to their present-day lives. But how is that possible if, in original time, Chip and Alex were supposed to die?
“A fantastic follow-up to the first book.”
—School Library Journal
Luke Garner is a third-born in a restrictive society that allows only two children per family. Risking his life, he came out of hiding to fight against the Population Police laws. Now, in the final volume of Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Shadow Children series, Luke inadvertently sets off a rebellion that results in the overthrow of the government. The people are finally free. But who is in charge? And will this new freedom be everything they’d hoped?
“Fans of the series won’t be disappointed.”
—School Library Journal
The Population Police are gaining more and more power, and illegal third-borns are in increasing danger. Young Matthias finds himself caught in the cross fire between the Population Police and the rebels–and unwittingly ends up saving the life of a Population Police officer.
By way of reward, the officer takes Matthias to the luxury of Population Police headquarters to train him to become one of their own. There, among his most feared enemies, Matthias encounters Nina, another illegal third-born, who enlists his help in a plot to undermine the Population Police. But Matthias is under constant scrutiny, he has no idea whom he can trust, and he’s mourning the loss of his friends Percy and Alia. What can one boy do against a wicked bureaucracy?
“The brisk, efficient pacing facilitated by occasionally abrupt plot turns is precisely what has cemented Haddix’s strong following among both avid and reluctant readers. Series fans and newcomers alike will devour this whole.”
—Booklist
In the aftermath of a crisis that threatens the safety of all shadow children—illegal third-borns in a society that allows only two children per family—Trey’s friends expect him to take charge—a function he doesn’t want or think he can do.
Trey’s new role leads him to travel with Luke Garner’s brother, Mark, to Population Police headquarters. There he impersonates an officer to try to rescue Luke, who has been taken prisoner. The nonstop adventure puts all three boys in danger and risks exposing the underground movement to help all shadow children.
“A fast and wild ride that will appeal to reluctant readers. Once again, Haddix makes real how hard ordinary and not-so-ordinary actions would be for kids who’ve spent most of their lives hidden away.”
—School Library Journal
“Trey makes an interesting, sympathetic protagonist, reflective about his past, convincing in his outlook, and fundamentally alone even among his allies.”
—Booklist
As a third child in a society that allows only two children per family, Luke Garner was in hiding for the first twelve years of his life. Then he was given the freedom of an identity card that had belonged to Lee Grant, a Baron (a member of the highest class of society), and was sent to boarding school as Lee. But now, just when things are finally starting to go right, Lee’s little brother, Smits, arrives at school, and Luke finds himself caught in a web of lies that gets more complex with every passing day–and possibly even lethal. Can Luke trust the grief-stricken Smits to keep Luke’s secret? And can he trust Smits’s menacing bodyguard, Oscar?
Luke finds that living among the Barons puts him in the deadliest danger he has ever faced.
“Serious fans of the books won’t be disappointed; there’s plenty of suspense, and there are lots of thrilling twists and turns.”
—Booklist
Nina Idi—a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children–has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.
The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not….
“Haddix is a superb storyteller and her view of a future world short of food that allows only two children per family is both scary and plausible.”
—School Library Journal
“The author delivers more than enough suspense to keep fans hooked and to intrigue new recruits as well.”
—Publishers Weekly
Luke Garner is an illegal third child. All his life has been spent in hiding. Now, for the first time, Luke is living among others. He has assumed a deceased boy’s identity and is attending Hendricks School for Boys, a windowless building with cruel classmates and oblivious teachers. Luke knows he has to blend in, but he lives in constant fear that his behavior will betray him. Then one day Luke discovers a door to the outside. He knows that beyond the walls of Hendricks lie the secrets he is desperate to uncover. What he doesn’t know is whom he can trust–and where the answers to his questions may lead him…
“Luke and his experiences are believable in the appealing, simple futuristic story. Kids who’ve read the first book will welcome this one.”
—Booklist
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