Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sabotaged Margaret Peterson Haddix

Brief Description: Time-travelers Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child from history, 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. Review Quotes: "Haddix concentrates more on the action, suspense and mystery in this book... Best of the series so far."--"Kirkus Reviews"Review Quotes: "Haddix skillfully weaves her story around a popular historical mystery (the Roanoke Colony), and the result will please returning readers of the Missing series; new ones can also plunge right in."--"Booklist"Marc Notes: A Junior Library Guild selection--Jkt. flap.; 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.; 1; Ages 8-12. Publisher Marketing: After helping Chip and Alex survive 15th century London, Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child, Andrea, face her fate. Andrea is really Virginia Dare, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jonah and Katherine are confident in their ability to help Andrea fix history, but when their journey goes dangerously awry, they realize that they may be in over their head. They've landed in the wrong time period. Andrea doesn't seem that interested in leaving the past. And even worse, it appears that someone has deliberately sabotaged their mission... Review Citations:

School Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 88 (EAN 9781416954248, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2010 pg. 623 (EAN 9781416954248, Hardcover)

Booklist 10/01/2010 pg. 83 (EAN 9781416954248, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 72 (EAN 9781416954248, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2011 pg. 171 (EAN 9781416954248, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2011 pg. 171 (EAN 9781416954248, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Haddix, Margaret Peterson Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including The Missing 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.