Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Found--The Missing: Book 1 by Margaret Peterson Haddix


Simon and Schuster

Copyright 2008


Wow! The most compelling book I have read in a long time. Found begins with Jonah telling his new friend, Chip, that he is adopted. Very quickly a mystery begins.


Jonah has received a strange anonymous letter with only 6 words typed. To complicate matters, Chip receives one too. A couple of weeks later, they receive other letters. Jonah, Chip, and Katherine (Jonah's sister) determine they most try to figure out the meaning of these letters and who is sending them. This mystery has the three crossing paths with many people including the F.B.I. One thing is for certain, this mystery seems almost super-natural.


For fans love mysteries, realistic fiction, fantasy, even science fiction, this book has it all. I do not believe the ending is as strongly written as the rest of the story however, it does set up for more books to come in what I believe will be a fun new series. Recommended for 4th and up.