The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix

But why she wrote it-and what it means-remains a mystery.Įver since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. That’s what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. No matter what anyone tells you, I’m real.

(T)his accomplished series starter… build(s) momentum through a gently feminist undercurrent while conferring character depth via the tweens’ affection for the letter writers and their own opposing views on objects from the past.– Publishers Weekly, starred review “An engrossing historical fiction and mystery tale… Master storyteller Haddix is in top form, weaving a complex tapestry of different genres, time lines, and generations of characters in a can’t-put-it-down novel.– School Library Journal, starred review Is their new friendship as doomed as Rosemary and Toby’s?

And Nevaeh knows her father, the “Junk King,” expects her to join the rest of the family in blaming a single suspect: his business rival, Colin’s mom.īut that’s not what Nevaeh wants, either.Įven as one set of letters bring Colin and Nevaeh together, the one Nevaeh found threatens to tear them apart. But this one reads like a confession to a crime. Meanwhile, across town, Nevaeh also finds a mysterious letter. But Colin wants to rescue the letters–and find out what really happened to best friends Rosemary and Toby way back in the 1970s. That’s his summer job, getting rid of junk. When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger’s attic, he knows he’s supposed to throw them away. In this sequel to the classic novel Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix has crafted a riveting page-turner that captures the terrors of a world where nothing seems real-but finding out who really loves you still matters. Zola wonders: Who is Jessie Keyser, and why does she look like her. What if Zola’s wrong about everything-even the year? As she struggles to figure out who wrote the note, she discovers a printed book in her Insta-Closet called The Jessie Keyser Story: How One Girl Escaped from Clifton Village. If you want to see things as they really are, come find me. Then one day Zola finds a handwritten note in her Insta-Closet: Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles let her have any adventure she wants, with friends from all over the world. She thinks everyone does, now that it’s 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life.

The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix