Margaret Peterson Haddix
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 1
Language
English
Formats
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
Language
English
Formats
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.
4) Sabotaged
Author
Series
The missing volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, this time Virginia Dare from the Roanoke Colony, but their journey is sabotaged and goes dangerously awry, leaving them in the wrong time period. Includes author's note about the history of Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare.
5) Sent
Author
Series
The missing volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex travel back to Britain in 1483, where they discover that Chip's true identity is England's Edward V, and that Alex is his younger brother. If the teens can fix time, they'll be allowed to return to the present. But how can they possibly return home safely when history claims that Chip and Alex were murdered by Richard of Gloucester?
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of...
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 4
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
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.
7) Torn
Author
Series
The missing volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Time travelers Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 to rescue missing child John Hudson, son of the explorer Henry Hudson, but just as the mutiny on the Discovery is supposed to start, Jonah and Katherine's knowledge of history is tested once again, and they fear that more is at stake than just one boy's life. Author's note includes facts about Henry Hudson's explorations.
8) Caught
Author
Series
The missing volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 3
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
Description
Nina Idi has been arrested for falsely accusing some classmates of being illegal third children--a capital crime in their society. Now she is being asked to betray others--or risk being executed.
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 2
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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.
11) Among the enemy
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 6
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
12) Among the free
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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.
13) Among the brave
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 5
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save itself and others like them.
14) Risked
Author
Series
The missing volume 6
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanov's and the mystery surrounding their deaths.
15) Double identity
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.
16) Redeemed
Author
Series
The missing volume 8
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Jonah was able to save all of time from collapsing but in doing so gained a twin brother, Jordan, who must learn what has happened and do his own part to save time--and his parents.
17) Revealed
Author
Series
The missing volume 7
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
After returning the missing children from history to their original time periods, thirteen-year-old Jonah must save time itself when aviator Charles Lindbergh mysteriously appears and kidnaps Jonah's sister.
18) Just Ella
Author
Series
Palace chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2001, c1999
Language
English
Description
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
19) The strangers
Author
Series
Greystone secrets volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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.