Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix is the third book in The Missing Series. In this story, JB has asked Jonah and Katherine to accompany Andrea, another one of the kids stolen from history, back to her own time period in order to repair time. Things don't go as easily as they would have hoped when Andrea mysteriously changes their destination. Jonah and Katherine find out that Andrea was visited by a stranger who promised she'd be able to change time and prevent her adoptive parents' death. Instead, the kids wound up in America during the early 1600s! They are all confused about who would want them there and why until they rescue an old man who was washed ashore during a terrible storm. He turned out to be Andrea's biological grandfather and Andrea herself had been born Virginia Dare, the first white girl born in the "New World". In true history's events, the two never meet, but in this new reality, everything is broken and the rules don't seem to hold. Jonah and Katherine are still determined to save Andrea and repair time, they just don't know how. With the help of two other 21st century adoptees who time-smack into Jonah, a dog named Dare, and a stranger named Second, Jonah and Katherine continue their quest to return everything to normal and make it back to the 21st century alive... turns out there are other plans in the works that no one could have suspected!

This book was definitely my least favorite of the three. I was hoping it would be more about the history of Virgina Dare and her time in New York. It was actually more about time traveling and the scientists fighting to change the world's past events than Andrea's story. It ends with a cliff-hanger which makes me think there will be a 4th book coming soon!

Sent (Missing Series #2) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sent (The Missing Book 2) by Margaret Peterson Haddix takes place immediately after Found (Missing Series #1) ends, where Chip, Jonah, Katherine, and Alex arrive in the year 1483 just as evil King Richard is coming into power in England. It turns out that Chip and Alex were taken, as babies, from the 15th century to "save" them from their terrible fates - death at the hand of their uncle (Richard), who has Edward V (Chip) killed so he can steal the crown. Trying to put history back together, the time police have sent Chip and Alex back to take their rightful places as children of the former king and meet their inevitable fates. Unfortunately, Katherine and Jonah tagged along and are bent on trying to save their friends from dying at the hand of Richard. JB, the one in charge of the time traveling has given them some hints and tips on how to do this without disrupting the flow of time too much, but will they succeed? Will Chip and Alex even want to return to the 21st century after being reunited with their former selves?

This was an awesome book! I absolutely loved learning about the history of 1483 and what happened in England! I really get into historical mysteries like this, so I'm excited to try to learn even more about the young princes and what may have happened to them. I liked this book better than the first book in the series, Found, because of the historical aspect. I'm really looking forward to reading Sabotaged, the third book in the series!

Meanwhile by Jason Shiga

Meanwhile by Jason Shiga is a really interesting graphic novel. The reader can choose the path of the story using little "tubes" that travel between the illustrations and tabbed pages. Depending on the reader's choices, the story has up to 3,856 different possibilities. It begins with the simple choice - chocolate or vanilla? - and from there can take you literally anywhere! I read this one with my son and we both loved it! As soon as we finished one story, we started over and chose different paths.

Found (The Missing Series, #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix is about Jonah, a middle schooler who believes he has led an ordinary life, except for being adopted. That is until he receives a mysterious letter in the mail with no return address. The only message is, "You are one of the missing." At first, Jonah dismisses it as a practical joke, but starts to take it more seriously when his friend Chip receives the same letter. That is the day Chip finds out he's adopted, too. Jonah, Chip, and Jonah's sister Katherine begin digging into the boys' adoption, and find some very interesting information about themselves and 34 other kids who are about their age, all living in the same area. It turns out that one day, out of nowhere, a plane full of babies (an nothing else) appeared from thin air. Their quest for information turns dangerous as they get closer and closer to the truth, and find that certain people are desperately trying to keep them from it.

I really liked the beginning of this book, when I was still trying to solve the mystery of the airplane and babies myself. I didn't know the book was going to be about time travel, so I lost a little interest when it turned out that's what happened. The next book in the series, Sent, come out on August 25th, 2009. It is about Chip, Alex, and Jonah and their adventures in the 15th century.