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Sabotaged (novel)
''The Missing'' is a series of young adult fiction, fictional young-adult novels written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. It tells the story of famous children from history stolen by futuristic time travelers from their place in time and accidentally sent to the 21st century as babies. They are then adopted by families in the 21st century. Because Jonah is one of the stolen children, he, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine, must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed. The first book in the series, ''Found'', was published on April 22, 2008. The series continued with book titles ''Sent'', ''Sabotaged'', ''Torn'', ''Caught'', ''Risked'' (originally intended to be titled ''Kept''), and ''Revealed''. The eighth and final book, ''Redeemed'', was released on September 8, 2015. There are also two ebook short stories, ''Sought'' (which takes place before ''Risked'') and ''Rescued'' (which takes place between ''Risked'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Margaret Peterson Haddix (born April 9, 1964) is an American writer known best for the two children's series, ''Shadow Children'' (1998–2006) and ''The Missing'' (2008–2015). She also wrote the tenth volume in the multiple-author series '' The 39 Clues''. Biography Haddix grew up on a farm about halfway between two small towns: Washington Court House, Ohio, and Sabina, Ohio. Her family was predominantly farmers and she grew up in a family of voracious readers. Some of her favorite books growing up included E.L. Konigsburg books, Harriet the Spy, Anne of Green Gables, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Anne Frank, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and The Little Princess. She graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with degrees in English/journalism, English/Creative writing, and History. While in college, Haddix worked a series of jobs. She was an assistant cook at a 4-H camp, but almost every other job has been related to writing. During college, she worked on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |