(T)his accomplished series starter… build(s) momentum through a gently feminist undercurrent while conferring character depth via the tweens’ affection for the letter writers and their own opposing views on objects from the past. “An engrossing historical fiction and mystery tale… Master storyteller Haddix is in top form, weaving a complex tapestry of different genres, time lines, and generations of characters in a can’t-put-it-down novel.– School Library Journal, starred review Is their new friendship as doomed as Rosemary and Toby’s? And Nevaeh knows her father, the “Junk King,” expects her to join the rest of the family in blaming a single suspect: his business rival, Colin’s mom.īut that’s not what Nevaeh wants, either.Įven as one set of letters bring Colin and Nevaeh together, the one Nevaeh found threatens to tear them apart. But this one reads like a confession to a crime. The first one says, You are one of the missing. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who’s also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters.

Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he’s never thought it was any big deal. Meanwhile, across town, Nevaeh also finds a mysterious letter. Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title. Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including the Children of Exile series, The. Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he w. But Colin wants to rescue the letters–and find out what really happened to best friends Rosemary and Toby way back in the 1970s. 3.98 39,477 Ratings 4,007 Reviews published 2008 41 editions. 6:30 p.m.

That’s his summer job, getting rid of junk. When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger’s attic, he knows he’s supposed to throw them away. The Missing is a series of fictional young-adult novels written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The Secret Letters Mysteries of Trash and Treasure Series, Book #1

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