Haddix, Margaret Peterson 
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1. Risked
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The missing volume 6.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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never noticed the author's note before. filled with more on the life of the Romanov family. The book is actually very accurate other than the time travelers intervening.
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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.
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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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.
3. Caught
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The missing volume 5.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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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.
4. Torn
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The missing volume 4.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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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.
5. Sabotaged
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The missing volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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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.
6. Found
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The missing volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, find out that 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 capture them.
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Under their skin volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn and their robot stepsiblings, Jackson and Ava, try to save humanity from killer robots.
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Children of exile volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In the second book of Children of Exile, Edwy Watanaboneset is sent by his father to Refuge City to be with the siblings he didn't know he had. He didn't get a chance to say goodbye to his newly made friend Rosi or her brother Bobo. In Refuge City, living with his spoiled brother and sister, Edwy knows he has to save them and convinces Kiandra (sister) to help him. He discovers that Rosi was captured for announcing to marketplace that Edwy was missing and asking for help. She escaped from prison and is now running from the alien enforcers torward the border she doesn't know is there. The question is: can Edwy and his friends get there in time?
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Many surprises await twelve-year-old Edwy Watanaboneset when the Freds return him to Cursed Town, including that he has siblings in Refuge City who he will join in boarding school.
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Children of exile volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Rosi and her brother Bobo have lived in Fredtown all their life with their fred-parents. All the kids in the town were taken away from their parents a couple days after birth except for two. Rosi and Edwy were both born on the same day and taken away on the same day of their birth, and no one knows why. Soon it is time for all the kids to be returned to their real parents. Rosi takes charge on the plane to try and comfort the little kids, but it's no use when they land. Edwy asked Rosi if they could look out for each other in their new home; even though she hadn't spoken to him in a year she said yes. When the plane lands, a mob of parents came to pick them out of their seats one by one and Rosi found herself being dragged home by an elderly lady and brought to a near to falling down house. The next day Edwy takes her out into the woods and shows her a burnt village that he found. They get chased b a group of men and Edwy is captured trying to destract them so Rosi could get away. Will she be able to keep her promise?
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A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
10. Among the free
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Shadow children volume 7.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In the last book of the Shadow Children series, Luke Garner, an illegal third child works for the population police undercover with friends. He is sent, in the middle of the night, to hand out identification cards. An old lady refuses to cooperate, and when Luke (under the name of Lee) will not shoot her, he runs away and finds a starving city that is also done with the population police and just waiting to die. They help him on his way and Luke makes his way to another city that gives him the astonishing news that the police have been overthrown dew to the rebellion that Luke started when he dropped the gun. But is this new government any better than the old one, and is Luke and all third children really free?
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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.
11. Under their skin
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Under their skin volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and most important, why their lives are in danger.
12. Among the enemy
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Shadow children volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
13. Among the brave
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Shadow children volume 5.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them.
14. Among the Barons
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Shadow children volume 4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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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.
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Series:
Shadow children volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The suspense is nerve-racking! Margeret P. Haddix is an amazing author!
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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.
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Shadow children volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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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.
17. Among the hidden
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Shadow children volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Notes:
This book has a sad, but determined ending but I feel like this is just the beginning of a long exiting story: Luke is an illigal third child. His parents do the best they can to hide him while living a normal life. But soon Luke gets involved in a quest to be free with his new friend, Jen.
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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.