The Strangers
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
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Margaret Peterson Haddix
"he Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best--acting silly and being adored. They've 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 they're shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They're 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"--
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Author
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Pages
515
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Published Date
2020
ISBN
1432881582 9781432881580
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"Kids books always have a special place in my heart. The way Margaret writes, I have to finish the book"
Elle Gutierrez
"Highly recommend this middle grade reader series. I have always loved Margaret Peterson Haddix and that she delves into so many different genres. I was in a serious book slump when this came in for me on ebook at my library. I read it in one day and then read through the 2nd one but had to put myself 1st on the list for the 3rd and last in the series. It’s a fast paced series that has parallel worlds, good vs evil, kids being in situations where they need to save the adults from great peril but it will have you on the edge of your seat! I really loved these and recommended them to every kid of this age group that I could. "
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Melissa Craver
"A very interesting book with a twist I honestly didn't see coming, a wonderful book if you want something easy to read, I felt what they felt but it did have it's rocky moments"
Sarah
"A sci-fi mystery that will pull young readers with its realistic, vulnerable characters."
Ricki Marking-Camuto
"Such a good book! Haven’t read the rest of the series yet, but can’t wait to finish it!"
Emma Jackson
"Just finished listening to the audiobook but.. oh my, I did not think this was going to be a book that I would fall in love with. The underlying theme is so heartwarming and the characters are so well done. "
Amanda Jones
"I enjoyed how the writing was from three different perspectives. Sometimes that method makes a book feel fragmented, but no so here. The book piqued my interest from the beginning. It was rather fun to try to piece the clues together. I felt the book lost some of the intrigue and became more predictable toward the end, but I still enjoyed the read and think many younger readers would, too."
Jessica English-Ramsay
"loved 😍 it hooked me from the begging and i couldn’t put it down"
Richard Migliorisi
"This was literally a book that I knew nothing about but purchased because the cover is so intriguing... And I could not have been more pleased about it. This story is not one I'm going to try to explain or summarize. There is too much that twists and turns in different directions, in a good way. The story kept me guessing all the way through it and I was riveted the whole time. Chess, Emma, Finn, and Natalie form their own little tribe to try and solve each step of the mystery together and the end leaves you realizing that the bond isn't going to go away when everything is resolved come the end of the series. I definitely will be getting the rest of the series to read. I am anxious to learn what happens next."
Renee Delcourt