✍ Scribed by Haddix, Margaret Peterson
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Jonah’s new twin must time travel and face off against his siblings’ worst enemy in order to save the future—and his family—in the eighth and final book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “plenty of fun and great for history teachers as well.”
After traveling through history multiple times and finding out his original identity, Jonah thought he’d fixed everything. But some of his actions left unexpected consequences. His parents—and many other adults—are still stuck as teenagers. And now Jonah has a new sibling, an identical twin brother named Jordan.
As odd as all this is for Jonah, it’s beyond confusing for Jordan. How does everyone in his family have memories of Jonah when he doesn’t? How can his annoying kid sister Katherine speak so expertly about time travel—and have people from the future treating her with respect? A few rash moves by Jordan send them all into the future—and into danger. What if he’s also the only one who can get them back to safety, once and for all?
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Instead of the past, the eighth and final installment of the Missing series takes the Skidmore kids into the far distant future, where they will try to repair time and save the world. In this installment, readers see the action through the eyes of a new character: Jordan, Jonah's twin brother, who was rescued from 1932 earlier. The two twins don't know each other, having grown up in different times, and each resents the other. Jordan, especially, can't understand that Jonah and Katherine, with their experience in time travel, ought to be calling the shots as the trio advances into the future, and he often disrupts Jonah's well laid plans. Complicating things further is the fact that their parents have been "un aged" into 13 year olds—the same age as Jonah and Jordan—although they retain their adult memories and still act parentally. Jordan also finds himself trapped with the notorious Second, the genius nemesis who has nearly wrecked all of time—and now it's up to him to save all of time. Haddix keeps events complicated, even resorting to Venn diagrams to explain things at one point early in the story. It all appears to come together nicely at the end, with loose ends tied up and everything explained, but the journey to that satisfying resolution will keep young readers working to figure it all out. A satisfying end to a long running series. (Kirkus July 1, 2015)
"A satisfying end to a long running series. (Kirkus)
Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including the Children of Exile series, The Missing series, the Under Their Skin series, and the Shadow Children series. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for The Indianapolis News. She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her at HaddixBooks.com.
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