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Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix THE MISSING: BOOK 1 ISBN: 978-1-4169-5417-0 ©2008 314 pages

Good sections to read aloud: Prologue (but it’s 9 pages long...so the last few would be sufficient)

Summary: This science fiction story opens with a new employee of an airline noticing a plane appearing at a gate out of nowhere. As she ‘explores’ why it is there, she discovers it is filled with 36 babies and no crew. Once the babies are removed from the plane it disappears. That story line is dropped and a ‘new story’ begins. Our main character is Jonah, a thirteen year old adopted child. He becomes friends with a neighbor, Chip, who has recently found out he's adopted (and is not happy about it). When they both start receiving odd letters stating ‘they are one of the missing,’ and ‘beware - they’re coming back for you,’ both boys know there is something odd going on. Jonah’s sister, Katherine, volunteers to help the boys uncover this mystery (and boy do they get more than they bargained for!). This story moves super fast and keeps you at the edge of your seat. Too bad you have to wait for the sequel as it does not come to a complete end!

YA fiction-- science fiction; adoption; time travel

© Jennifer Lang-WDMS-2008