Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-80097-9
Haddix (Running Out of Time) offers a tough-edged if familiar story of a beleaguered high school girl who confides the difficulties of her life to a journal in an assignment for English class; the title refers to the label the heroine gives every...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $16.99 (346p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1171-5
Although it begins in a didactic tone, this historical novel about New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and the catastrophic Factory fire hits its stride to offer a compelling message about labor, sacrifice and the price of freedom in...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . Simon & Schuster $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4169-3917-7
Former child star Lindsay Scott has been out of the spotlight for five years, ever since she became a “hearer,” able to hear anything said about her, anywhere in the world (“I would call it a hidden talent, but talents are supposed
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-81700-7
Haddix (Running Out of Time) chillingly imagines a dystopia in this futuristic novel. Born into a totalitarian state that brutally enforces a two-children-only policy, 12-year-old Luke Garner, an ""illegal"" third child, has spent his entire life...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-82475-3
This futuristic novel focuses on a totalitarian regime and the Internet. PW noted, ""The plot development is sometimes implausible and the characterizations a bit brittle, but the unsettling, thought-provoking premise should suffice to keep readers...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $15.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-689-85794-2
Fifth in the Shadow Children series, which began with Among the Hidden, Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix centers on third child Trey, who must rescue Mark and Luke Garner from the Population Police.
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Simon Pulse $4.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-81543-0
An abused and neglected teenager pours her heart into a journal for English class. PW found it ""tough-edged... Mrs. Dunphrey comes through in the best sensitive-English-teacher tradition."" Ages 12-up. (Oct.)
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Simon Pulse $4.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-82461-6
A lonely new girl is drawn into an evangelical Christian club, then disillusioned by its cultishness; PW praised the author's ""evenhanded"" treatment. Ages 12-up. (May)
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author Simon & Schuster $17 (224p) ISBN 978-0-689-82186-8
Haddix (Running Out of Time) puts a feminist spin on the Cinderella story, beginning her tongue-in-cheek novel where the traditional story ends. Ella Brown plans to live happily ever after when Prince Charming whisks her from her evil step-family....
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . Simon & Shuster $15.99 (314p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5417-0
In a tantalizing opener to a new series, Haddix (the Shadow Children series) taps into a common childhood fantasy—that you are really the offspring of royalty or famous people, and were somehow adopted by an ordinary family—and one-ups...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9526-5
When 15-year-old Tessa attends a ceremony to honor her neighbor Gideon, a hero in a 70-year war that has worn down the society she lives in, she has no idea where his refusal of the award will lead them. Hope is a rare commodity in this future...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-87380-5
Eighth-grader KT Sutton lives to play softball. She has a roomful of trophies, parents who cater to her every athletic need, and a list of childhood goals tacked up in her room with sayings like, “The University of Arizona will beg me to pitch for...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4424-4278-8
Becca Jones’s father has been convicted of a Bernie Madoff–like financial scheme, and after he goes to jail, Becca and her mother flee from Georgia to small-town Ohio, hoping for an anonymous fresh start. Three years later, Becca is a senior in high
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4814-1758-7
In this unpredictable thriller, 12-year-old twins investigate their new stepsiblings, only to discover that their entire world may be based on lies. Nick and Eryn are shocked to learn that their new stepfather has children (ones that neither he nor...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4424-5003-5
In this trilogy opener, Rosi and her younger brother, Bobo, are two of many children raised by Fred-mamas and Fred-daddies in Fredtown, a place of equality and harmony. After an agreement is struck, the children are forced to return home to their...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-83906-1
Fans of Haddix's Shadow Children series will welcome this fourth title about third-born children living under a government that restricts families to no more than two children. Still using the identity of Lee Grant, a legal (and wealthy) child...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $16 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-83904-7
Continuing the story of Luke Garner, a third child born under a futuristic government that only allows two children per family, this sequel to Among the Hidden
picks up with Luke finally out of hiding and going to boarding school under an assumed...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (218p) ISBN 978-0-689-83128-7
PW
wrote, "Haddix puts a feminist spin on the Cinderella story, beginning her tongue-in-cheek novel where the traditional story ends. Her straightforward, often gleefully glib narrative breathes fresh life into the tale." Ages 10-14. (Aug.)
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $16 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-83299-4
Despite an intriguing premise and format, Haddix's (Among the Imposters, reviewed June 11) novel may well stretch readers' credibility when years of problems are resolved in one brief summer trip. Siblings 15-year-old Chuck and 14-year-old...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (223p) ISBN 978-0-689-84037-1
At age 100, Melly and the other Riverside nursing home residents are injected with a drug to make them "unage" yet find that they cannot stop the process. "Haddix successfully shuttles readers between three different eras and builds up...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-83905-4
In the third installment of Haddix's series about a futuristic society in which families are forbidden to have more than two children, Nina, a secondary character in Among the Impostors, is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned by the...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (172p) ISBN 978-0-689-83908-5
This sequel to Among the Hidden
picks up with Luke finally out of hiding and going to boarding school under an assumed identity. "While Haddix is often able to capture the suspense of her earlier work," wrote PW, "this installment gets
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $15.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-83298-7
Haddix (Among the Hidden) returns with a short but often informative tale of ordinary girls facing exceptional circumstances. "Could someone be beautiful with ugly hair? Or—no hair?" wonders 10-year old Anya as she confronts her image
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (201p) ISBN 978-0-689-85543-6
Two teen siblings go on their first plane ride to join their motivational-speaker mother on a two-week five-city tour. "The characters experience dramatic breakthroughs at the conclusion, but the revelations come too quickly and undermine the...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author , illus. by Mark Elliott. S&S $15.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1170-8
Dexter hated his new school already," opens Haddix's (the Shadow Children series) poignant if plodding novel about a fourth-grader who, on his first day at school, gets laughed at by other kids when he slips and falls on the newly polished...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (156p) ISBN 978-0-689-83909-2
Nina, a secondary character in Among the Imposters, is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned. In this third installment that began with Among the Hidden, "the author delivers more than enough suspense to keep fans hooked and to intrigue...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-689-85421-7
When 15-year-old Kira's friends hypnotize her, she remembers a "Mama" who is not the woman she knows as her mother speaking a language that's not English. Her mother, Sophia, won't answer her questions, and shortly afterward, a...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (114p) ISBN 978-0-689-86993-8
A 10-year-old girl is diagnosed with alopecia areata (an autoimmune disease that makes her hair fall out in clumps) and the unthinkable occurs (her wig falls off during gym), but a classmate reaches out for her friendship. PW
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (182p) ISBN 978-0-689-83910-8
Luke Garner, using the identity of Lee Grant (who died), is shocked when Lee's younger brother suddenly arrives at his school. "Fans of the Shadow Children series will welcome this fourth title," said PW
. Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author . S&S $15.95 (218p) ISBN 978-0-689-87374-4
Haddix (the Shadow Children series) releases another suspenseful pageturner here narrated by Bethany Cole. As the novel opens, Bethany is anxious; her father has barely let her out of his sight and her mother has been weeping for months. Now, a few...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author, Cliff Nielsen, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17 (240p) ISBN 978-0-689-82187-5
In her thought-provoking science fiction adventure, Haddix (Just Ella) successfully shuttles readers between three different eras, convincingly covering the extensive life of Amelia (Melly) Hazelwood. At age 100, Melly and other Riverside nursing...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author, Mark Elliott, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $16.99 (141p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1159-3
Dexter hated his new school already,"" opens Haddix's (the Shadow Children series) poignant if plodding novel about a fourth-grader who, on his first day at school, gets laughed at by other kids when he slips and falls on the newly polished floor....
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author, David Gale, Editor Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-81125-8
Haddix (Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey) focuses here on the phenomenon of teen cults and religious fanaticism. Dorry Stevens is miserable at her new high school until a group of students recruits her for The Fishers of Men, an evangelical...
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Haddix's (Just Ella; Running Out of Time) first novel for the Ready-for-Chapters series features a likable narrator adjusting to a new neighborhood—and value system. Janie's secretary mother knits sweaters (personalized with children&
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Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author, James Bernardin, Illustrator , illus. by James Bernardin. S&S $12.95 (91p) ISBN 978-0-689-86255-7
Haddix's (the Shadow Children series) middling story introduces a trio of siblings whose parents suddenly begin to respond to their misbehavior with irrelevant platitudes and other non sequiturs instead of reprimands. To get to the bottom of...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06283846-9
Marin, 11, is looking forward to a fresh start when she moves from Illinois to Pennsylvania with her parents and infant brother—and away from the friends with whom she’s abruptly fallen out. While exploring the woods behind the family’s new home,...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-283849-0
Born into different circumstances on the same night, two middle schoolers encounter their respective upbringings’ mysteries in Haddix’s (the Greystone Secrets series) class-conscious thriller. Though Maximilian J. Sterling’s billionaire parents...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-283852-0
Two white 12-year-olds from rival small-town Ohio junk-removal families bond over a historical mystery in this accomplished series starter by Haddix (The School for Whatnots). Though introverted Colin Creedmont privately finds beauty in castoff...
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Margaret Peterson Haddix. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-283837-7
In Ohio, the Greystone kids—responsible Chess, math-savvy Emma, and excitable Finn—have established a pleasant life with their mother years after their father’s death. Until, that is, the day they find their mother weeping and wan over a news story...
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