One night a plane appeared out of nowhere, the only passengers aboard: thirty-six babies. As soon as they were taken off the plane, it vanished. Now, thirteen years later, two of those children are receiving sinister messages, and they begin to investigate their past. Their quest to discover where they really came from leads them to a conspiracy that reaches from the far past to the distant future--and will take them hurtling through time. In this exciting new series, bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix brings an element of suspense that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
One night a plane appeared out of nowhere, the only passengers aboard: thirty-six babies. As soon as they were taken off the plane, it vanished. Now, ...
Cecelia looks like a peasant girl and lives in a village so small that it's not even on the map. But she knows that secretly, she is the true princess, hidden away as a baby to be kept safe from the enemies of the kingdon. A commoner named Desmia was placed on the throne as a decoy. Cecelia has always known that when it was safe, she would be taken out of hiding and returned to her rightful place on the throne. Then danger finds her in her village, and Cecelia has to act. With the help of her best friend Harper, she decides to take matters into her own hands, relieve Desmia of the the...
Cecelia looks like a peasant girl and lives in a village so small that it's not even on the map. But she knows that secretly, she is the true princess...
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and another boy, Alex, have no preparation before they are sent back to 1483 at the Tower of London, with the promise that they can return to the present if they can repair history. They quickly discover that Chip and Alex's true identities are the 13-year-old King Edward V and his 10-year-old brother, Richard, Duke of York. But before Chip can enjoy being the king of England, they discover that they are virtually prisoners--and that their uncle wants them dead. How can the kids repair time and return home when according to history, Chip and Alex were murdered?
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and another boy, Alex, have no preparation before they are sent back to 1483 at the Tower of London, with the promise that the...
Lindsay Scott hit the big time at age five, when she became the star of the television show "Just Me and the Kids." It seemed like she was set for life--until she had a nervous breakdown when she was eleven, because Lindsay had suddenly developed a very dangerous sense of ESP--the ability to hear what anyone was thinking about here, at any time, anywhere in the world. Lindsay's father whisked her away to her long-gone mother's house in small town Springdale, and Lindsay was amazed to discover that within the four walls of the house, she can't hear anything out of the ordinary. And so Lindsay...
Lindsay Scott hit the big time at age five, when she became the star of the television show "Just Me and the Kids." It seemed like she was set for lif...
The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the disaster, which brought attention to the labor movement in America, is part of the curriculum in classrooms throughout the country. Told from alternating points of view, this historical novel draws upon the experiences of three very different young women: Bella, who has just emigrated from Italy and doesn't speak a word of English; Yetta, a Russian immigrant and crusader for labor rights;...
The fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since t...
Still reeling from their experiences in Roanoke in 1600, Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 only moments before a mutiny on Henry Hudson's ship in the icy waters of James Bay. But things are messed up: they've lost the real John Hudson, and they find what seems to be the fabled Northwest Passage--even though they are pretty sure that that route doesn't actually exist. Will this new version of history replace the real past? Is this the end of time as we know it? With more at stake than ever before, Jonah and Katherine struggle to unravel the mysteries of 1611 and the Hudson Passage...before...
Still reeling from their experiences in Roanoke in 1600, Jonah and Katherine arrive in 1611 only moments before a mutiny on Henry Hudson's ship in the...
Die Hendricks-Schule scheint ein sicherer Ort zu sein fr Schattenkinder wie Luke, die als Illegale unter falschem Namen leben. Doch die Identitt von Lee Grant, die Luke zu seinem Schutz angenommen hat, droht ihm zum Verhngnis zu werden, denn die Grants sind Barone, reiche und mchtige Leute, die Luke den Pass ihres toten Sohnes nicht ohne Hintergedanken zur Verfgung gestellt haben.Als Smits Grant, der jngere Bruder von Lee, ebenfalls an die Hendricks-Schule kommt, frchtet Luke, dass seine Tarnung auffliegt. Doch wie perfide das Spiel ist, das die Grants mit ihm treiben, begreift er erst, als...
Die Hendricks-Schule scheint ein sicherer Ort zu sein fr Schattenkinder wie Luke, die als Illegale unter falschem Namen leben. Doch die Identitt von L...
Nina Idi, unentdecktes Schattenkind mit geflscher Identitt, gert in die Fnge der Bevlkerungspolizei. Die Anklage lautet auf Hochverrat. Nur wenn sie drei inhaftierte Kinder aushorcht, kann sie ihre eigene Haut retten . . .
Nina Idi, unentdecktes Schattenkind mit geflscher Identitt, gert in die Fnge der Bevlkerungspolizei. Die Anklage lautet auf Hochverrat. Nur wenn sie d...
