Margaret Peterson Haddix
Author
Series
Mysteries of trash and treasure volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Colin and Nevaeh find vintage letters that lead to interlocking mysteries from the 1970s and '80s, and they learn about 'women's lib,' the ERA, and other social issues from that time in history-and the way echoes from that era affect Colin and Nevaeh themselves. When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger's attic, he knows he's supposed to throw them away. That's his summer job, getting rid of junk. But Colin wants to rescue the...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
3) Found
Author
Series
The missing volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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Description
In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is forced to face his fears.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.
7) Remarkables
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Marin and her neighbor Charley hope that by preventing a disaster that occurred twenty years ago, they can save Charley's dad from a future of guilt and self-destructive behavior.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the third installment of Haddix's series about a futuristic society in which families are forbidden to have more than two children, Nina, a secondary character in Among the Impostors, is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned by the Population Police. Her interrogator gives her an ultimatum: either she can get three other child prisoners, illegal third-borns like Nina, to reveal who harbored them and where they got their fake identification...
Author
Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
There's nothing better than taking your timid little cousin Thad to one of those sweet haunted houses the 4-H Club decorates for Halloween. Except, of course, if the house turns out to actually be haunted. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.
10) The Messengers
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In the dazzling conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the Greystones and their doubles, the Gustanos, must team up to save the alternate world-before both worlds are lost. All secrets are revealed in this page-turning, suspenseful story that shows the importance of teamwork, telling your story, and taking action when it matters most.
As book three of the Greystone Secrets series...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick and Eryn must figure out a way to save the world without sacrificing their newly discovered family in this follow-up to Under Their Skin, which Booklist called "crisp, intriguing, and thought-provoking" in a starred review.
In Under Their Skin, twins Nick and Eryn successfully met their new stepsiblings, Ava and Jackson. But in doing so, the twins found themselves on a mission to discover how to prevent humanity...
In Under Their Skin, twins Nick and Eryn successfully met their new stepsiblings, Ava and Jackson. But in doing so, the twins found themselves on a mission to discover how to prevent humanity...
Author
Series
Children of exile volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Author
Series
Children of exile volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Many surprises await twelve-year-old Edwy Watanaboneset when the Freds return him to Cursed Town, including that he has siblings in Refuge City who he will join in boarding school.
Author
Series
Mysteries of trash and treasure volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When they started Mystery Solvers Inc., [Colin and Nevaeh] didn't expect to be asked to find a ghost. Ree recruits them to investigate a series of old, spooky photos left behind in her family's new house. The photos show a boy who looks totally see-through. And in some, he's in a coffin. That's not so odd for Ree, who lives above a funeral home. But when Colin and Nevaeh start investigating, they discover other sightings of the boy, and other secrets...
16) The strangers
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages twelve, ten, and eight, investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
18) Among the Barons
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken.
19) The Deceivers
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The second book in the Greystone Secrets series from the master of plot twists, Margaret Peterson Haddix-perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City of Ember!
Until their mother vanished, the Greystone kids-Chess, Emma, and Finn-knew nothing about the other world.
Everything is different there. It's a mirror image, except things are wrong. Evil. Their mother tried to fix it, but she and an ally got trapped there along with Ms. Morales,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, have had enough. Not only do they have to find the 39 clues first, they're expected to reunite their backstabbing family--the same people who killed their parents. But Amy and Dan haven't survived explosions and assassination attempts for nothing. They have a plan to finish the Clue hunt on their own terms. Too bad there's a final, fatal secret the Madrigals haven't told them. A Secret that...