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Since the Enforcers raided Refuge City, Rosi, Edwy, and the others are captured and forced to work as slave labor on an alien planet, digging up strange pearls. Weak and hungry, none of them is certain he or she will make it out of this alive. But Edwy's tech-savvy sister, Kiandra, has always been the one with all the answers, and so they turn to her. But Kiandra realizes she can't find her way out of this one on her own, and they all might need to rely on young Cana and her alien friend if they are going to survive. 

Critically acclaimed author Margaret Peterson Haddix continues her best-selling Missing series with Sent. Just as best friends Chip and Jonah discover they're actually children kidnapped from history, they get sent back to their proper time period. Now in the 15th century, Jonah realizes he's Edward V, the king of England, and Chip is his younger brother Richard, the Duke of York. Both boys know they need to find a way home fast, because they know their history - Edward and Richard were murdered.

Luke Garner is a third-born in a restrictive society that allows only two children per family. Risking his life, he came out of hiding to fight against the Population Police laws. Now, in the final volume of Margaret Peterson Haddix's suspenseful Shadow Children series, Luke inadvertently sets off a rebellion that results in the overthrow of the government. The people are finally free. But who is in charge now? And will this new freedom be everything they had hoped? 

From master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adventure perfect for fans of Cog and Bad Magic. No matter what anyone tells you, I’m real. That’s what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote...

Matthias, an illegal third child, is caught in the crossfire between rebels and the Population Police. When he unwittingly saves a Population Police officer, Matthias is brought to Population Police headquarters to train as an officer himself. There he meets Nina, another third-born who enlists his help in a plot to undermine the Population Police. But Matthias is under constant scrutiny, and he has no idea whom he can trust. What can one boy do against a wicked bureaucracy?

Disguised as a peasant, Cecilia has been hiding for years from the evil people who killed her parents. Now the time has come to reclaim her title. There's just one problem. Princess Desmia - supposedly Cecilia's decoy - believes a different version of the story.

In the dazzling conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the Greystones and their doubles, the Gustanos, must team up to save the alternate world—before both worlds are lost. All secrets are revealed in this page-turning...

In this page-turning middle grade series by New York Times bestseller Margaret Peterson Haddix, Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in attics and basements and discover how trash can become treasure. In The Secret Letters, Colin and Nevaeh...

Tish Bonner’s high-school English class has to keep a dumb journal for their teacher, Mrs. Dunphrey. Doesn’t Mrs. Dunphrey know that kids are too busy coping with real life to be bothered with writing? But when 16-year-old Tish’s life is turned upside down, her journal becomes her only confidante. Relying on her teacher’s promise that she won’t read any entry marked "don’t read this," Tish writes about her loneliness and fear when her mother abandons her and her little brother....

Nina Idi —una tercera hija en un mundo donde la ley solo permite tener dos— ha sido traicionada por el chico al que amaba y arrestada por la temida Policía de Población. La acusan de haber delatado a otros niños ocultos. Nina está furiosa, desorientada… pero hay algo que sabe con absoluta certeza: es inocente. Ahora, encerrada y sin salida, se enfrenta a la decisión más terrible de su vida. Puede salvarse si consigue que otros tres prisioneros confiesen que también son niños ocultos. O puede negarse a colaborar y morir. Las alternativas son brutales. La elección, en cambio, ...

In this high-stakes duology closer from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, Maisie finds out she's the last moonleaper—unless she can figure out how to change past events to secure the moonleapers' legacy. Maisie was thrilled to become a time-traveling moonleaper and...

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix delivers the thrilling conclusion to her middle grade Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series as Colin and Nevaeh unravel their most personal mystery yet. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery! Colin has spent all summer...

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the master of cliffhangers, delivers a pulse-pounding mystery perfect for fans of Jacqueline West and Kat Yeh, full of secrets, surprises, and the power of family. One minute they’re there: laughing and having fun at the house next...

Luke nunca ha ido al colegio. Nunca ha celebrado su cumpleaños ni ha dormido en casa de un amigo. De hecho, Luke nunca ha tenido amigos. Luke es uno de los niños ocultos, un tercer hijo prohibido por la Policía de Población. Ha vivido escondido toda su vida, y ahora, con la nueva urbanización que sustituye al bosque junto a la granja de su familia, ni siquiera puede salir al exterior. Un día, Luke ve el rostro de una niña en la ventana de una casa donde sabe que ya viven otros dos niños. Por fin ha conocido a una niña escondida como él. Ella está dispuesta a arriesgarlo todo para...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl and Lewis Peterson’s hilarious middle grade debut has it all: robot overlords, secret feline agents, and earthling humans who are in for a real catastrophe. With examples of why coding is fun and other STEM applications cleverly woven into...

New York Times bestselling middle-grade thriller author Margaret Peterson Haddix returns to the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series as Colin and Nevaeh unravel a mystery from the 1930s and explore the emotions associated with death and dying. Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things...

Luke Garner es un tercer hijo ilegal. Toda su vida ha vivido escondido. Ahora, por primera vez, Luke convive con otros adolescentes. Ha asumido la identidad de un chico fallecido y estudia en la Escuela de Hendricks para Chicos, un edificio sin ventanas con compañeros crueles y profesores que no se enteran de nada. Luke sabe que debe pasar desapercibido, pero vive con el miedo constante de que su comportamiento lo delate. Un día, Luke descubre una puerta al exterior. Sabe que más allá de los muros de Hendricks se encuentran los secretos que está desesperado por descubrir. Lo que no ...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl and Lewis Peterson are back for book two in the hilarious middle grade series! Book one of the Cats vs. Robots series was praised for its "mix of tech and kitties, STEM and heart" by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. In book two...

A harrowing chronicle by two leading historians, capturing in real time the events of a year marked by multiple devastations. When we look back at the year 2020, how can we describe what really happened? In A Deeper Sickness, award-winning historians Margaret Peacock and Erik Peterson set out to...

As Lindsay Scott basks in the glow of being TV’s most popular child star, she suddenly begins to hear everything that’s being said about her—all the time, and from every place on the globe. After her apparent nervous breakdown, Lindsay disappears from the public eye until—years later—a tabloid claims her father is holding her hostage.