| Found (The Missing, Book 1) |  | Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Edition: First Edition
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 141695421X
EAN: 9781416954217
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Publication Date: April 21, 2009
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Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, "You are one of the missing." The second one says, "Beware! They're coming back to get you."Jonah, Chip, and Jonah's sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an airplane that appeared out of nowhere -- and people who seem to appear and disappear at will. The kids discover they are caught in a battle between two opposing forces that want very different things for Jonah and Chip's lives. Do Jonah and Chip have any choice in the matter? And what should they choose when both alternatives are horrifying? With Found, Margaret Peterson Haddix begins a new series that promises to be every bit as suspenseful as her Shadow Children series -- which has sold more than 41/2 million copies -- and proves her, once again, to be a master of the page-turner.
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 Haddix at her best! April 20, 2008
Terri L. Schultz
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
This is Haddix at her best. She's back to sci-fi and the start of a new YA series - hold onto your seats you're in for a page-turning thrill! When the story opens a plane appears out of nowhere filled with 36 babies and no crew. Once the babies are removed from the plane it disappears. That story line is dropped and we pick up a story in suburban America with the protagonist, a well-adjusted adopted child and a friend who has recently found out he's adopted and has been rocked by the news. The story continues with a threatening FBI man, mysterious letters to the kids to beware, people who appear and disappear at will, a very strange conference for adoptees, and then a little time travel. Haddix has the reader flipping pages at break-neck speed from the prologue to the end. On the last page the reader is left panting for more, yet he will have to wait for the sequel.
This novel kept me on the edge of my seat and I'm looking forward to sharing it with my students in the weeks to come.
Found-Fantastic May 29, 2008
MJo (Arizona mountains)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
My husband and I both read this book after becoming intrigued by a book review that we encountered. We were not disappointed. Yes, the book was written for children but don't be put off by that. It was fast-paced and engaging from beginning to end. We are impatiently waiting for the next of the series.
11 year old non-reader can't put it down November 8, 2008
Mountain mom (NJ)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Try as hard as I could my daughter just never loved reading. I would buy books, take her to book stores - nothing.
There was a book fair at school and she bought this book. She started reading it on the busride home. She has not put it down since. She is loving the suspense of the story. And for the first time in her life when I called her she replied"Just one more chapter?" That is something I will never forget.
I can't thank the author enough. She has turned my non-reader into a reader. And I am buying her other books as well. Thank you for opening the world of reading to my daughter.
Found March 6, 2009
Domenic A. Milicia (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Reading Comprehension Book Project
Written Book Review
By Jack Murphy
Book: Found
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Edition: September 2008
Date: 7 March 2009
This book is about a mystery involving 3 friends two are adopted and the third is the sister of the first child. These 3 friends start getting strange mail with no return address saying "you are one of the missing" and "beware they are coming back to get you".
The main characters are:
Jonah Skidmore: A smart basketball player who is the main character
Chip Winston: One of Jonahs friends who found out he is adopted in the first chapter
Katherine Skidmore: Jonahs back talking sister who somehow gets involved
This book takes place in Linstin, Illinois in the time period of the present.
In this story Jonah starts to question his adoption so his parents arrange a meeting with FBI officer James Reardon to try to learn more about Jonah's adoption. When they get to Mr. Reardon's office he tells them that Jonah was found on a plane that came out of nowhere that was involved in a smuggling operation. Mr. Reardon tells them that case remains unsolved but Jonah wants to learn more and he's about to. While at Mr. Reardon's office Jonah gets up to go to the bathroom he sees a strange janitor on the way. When he gets in the stall he sees the man again "listen up" says the janitor you need to memorize as much as you can on the files in Mr. Reardon's office. Jonah doesn't know why but he does what he is told. In fact he does better he gets pictures. When he looks at the files the shocking truth is reveled.
I liked this book because it was a complete page turner making me want to buy the sequel. This book was very exciting because you would never know what happens next. This book is definitely worth buying.
Other people would like this book if they like a suspense book that is long and that you can't let go of.
My favorite part was definitely the ending. I loved the twist, I just never saw it coming yet it made sense that was the best part.
I definitely liked this book and I am sure that YOU will too. So get some money and buy this BOOK!!!
Get LOST with FOUND October 5, 2008
D. Salerni (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow! Found is a fast-paced and riveting beginning to a new series by Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of popular YA books such as Running Out of Time, Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1), and Turnabout. I guess that, considering the title and the picture of the airplane on the front cover, comparing it to the TV show LOST was inevitable -- but I have to say that the prologue of this novel made my hair stand on end, just like the pilot episode of that show.
A plane lands at an airport. Nothing strange about that, surely, except that according to air traffic control, there was no plane. Still, airport employee Angela DuPre sees it with her own eyes, and when there is no one at the gate to open the connecting doors, she does it herself. Looking down at the plane, she sees that the cockpit is dark. No passengers or crew deplane, but a small whimpering sound draws Angela down the ramp and into the fuselage of the plane ...
What she finds in the plane is a shock -- and links directly to adopted teenager Jonah Skidmore receiving some anonymous and creepy letters thirteen years later.
YA readers of science fiction and mystery -- especially fans of Haddix's previous novels -- will not be disappointed in this novel. Adults will find the quick-witted action of the teenage protagonists a little hard to swallow at times, but suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride. You might think you know where you're going ... but you'll be surprised in the end. The book ends with a prerequisite cliff-hanger ending, unfortunately, leaving us all to wait impatiently for the next installment.
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