Remarkables

Name: Remarkables
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
ISBN: 9780062965578

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 6 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/24/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Fantasy Stories, Children's Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

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 door. The next minute, the teens are gone. Like magic. Marin can’t believe her eyes. Who are they? Can anyone else see them? What makes them so happy?Marin is lonely in this new town of hers and eager to figure out more. Then she meets Charley, who reveals that he knows about them, too.He calls them the “Remarkables.” Charley warns her to stay away from the Remarkables—and him. Charley and Marin both have painful secrets they’re holding on to, but could solving the mystery of the Remarkables help them both?In addition to building an intriguing world filled with mystery, Haddix also grounds the story with real issues that many children face. Characters deal with the complexities of bullying, the guilt children experience when parents have addiction issues, and the uplifting power found in strong families of all shapes and sizes.

About Margaret Peterson Haddix

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica

Margaret Peterson Haddix is just such a gifted middle grade author. She perfectly captures so much: the emotions, the difficulty of standing on the border between childhood and teenage-hood, the family dynamic, the change in friendship. But then, on top of that, she adds mysteries. Magic. Always a l......more

Goodreads review by Kate

First off, I just LOVE this cover. ;) Okay, actual review time. I think this is the fifth book I’ve read by this author, so by now I know the drill. Middle-grade aged MC who runs into something speculative and has some really cool, hard questions raised. I honestly love the formula. This book was sooo......more

Goodreads review by Shaye

This title became available through my Overdrive library last week and it looked to have just enough spooky elements to work well for a pre-Halloween read. It was full of mystery and suspense and was just right for the upper middle grade audience. Marin is new to town. While exploring the woods behi......more

Goodreads review by Darla

I downloaded this book on Edelweiss thinking it was going to be the second book in the Greystones Secrets series. What I found instead was a remarkable standalone novel with a time travel mystery. Marin is eleven and has been recently transplanted from Illionois to Pennsylvania. She climbs a tree in......more