New York Timesย bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships. Perfect for fans ofย A Wrinkle in Timeย andย The City of Ember!
What makes youย you?
The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does bestโacting silly and being adored. Theyโve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.
But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and theyโre shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. Theyโre the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers?
Before Chess, Emma, and Finn can question their mom about it, she takes off on a sudden work trip and leaves them in the care of Ms. Morales and her daughter, Natalie. But puzzling clues left behind lead to complex codes, hidden rooms, and a dangerous secret that will turn their world upside down.
Praise forย The Strangers:
""A secret-stacked, thrilling series opener about perception, personal memories, and the idiosyncrasies that form individual identities."" (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
* Winter 2018โ2019 Kids' Indie Next List Pick * Indie Bestseller * Time for Kids Book Club: Top 10 Summer Reads *ย ย PW Best Books 2019 *ย ย Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2020-2021 *ย 2020 LITA Excellence in Childrenโs and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book:ย The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *
Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio. She worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana before her first book, Running Out of Time, was published. She has since written more than fifty books for kids and teens, including the Greystone Secrets series, the Shadow Children series, the Missing series, the Children of Exile series, and many stand-alones. Margaret and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, where they raised their two kids. You can learn more about her at haddixbooks.com.