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Caught (The Missing #5)

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Jonah and Katherine come face to face with Albert Einstein in the fifth book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series.Jonah and Katherine are accustomed to traveling through time, but when learn they next have to return Albert Einstein’s daughter to history, they think it’s a joke—they’ve only heard of his sons. But it turns out that Albert Einstein really did...more

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Published September 4th 2012 by Simon & Schuster (first published September 1st 2012)

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Mar 11, 2013 Tracy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This may be my favorite so far. I've never been terribly interested in Einstein or physics before but this book made it fascinating. A great book for kids who don't particularly enjoy math and science. For adults there are some tongue in cheek comments in there that only older readers will understand. I loved the character of Mileva Einestein- Albert Einstein's wife.

There are two more books in this series and I can't wait to read the rest. I do think that we should find out Jonah's historical i...more

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May 09, 2013 Riki H. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Caught (The Missing #5)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
325 pages

This book is about Jonah and his sister Katherine going back in time again to fix damaged time. This time, time suddenly freezes in the middle of class, and they are not frozen because they have time traveled before. JB their time travel guy who tells them what to do tells them that time is critically damaged. Then, they suddenly go back into time, into the 1900's, which was Albert Einstein's time. They find out that Einst...more Caught (The Missing #5)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
325 pages

This book is about Jonah and his sister Katherine going back in time again to fix damaged time. This time, time suddenly freezes in the middle of class, and they are not frozen because they have time traveled before. JB their time travel guy who tells them what to do tells them that time is critically damaged. Then, they suddenly go back into time, into the 1900's, which was Albert Einstein's time. They find out that Einstein has almost found out what he shouldn't(Time travel)they change his notes. They had another task to get Emily from the 21st century back to the 19th century into her tracer. But then they get caught by Einstein's wife Mileva, and she takes away Jonah and Katherine's elucidator (a time travel device that looks like an iphone) and she threatens them with it. She freezes the time in 1900's and Jonah and she are the only was not frozen. They fix what Einstein has found out. Soon, they also get the 13 year old Emily to her original place in history. Mileva tells JB that JB is actually her son, and that she sent her to the 21st century as a baby to cure his disease.

I thought this book was a very good book. I love science fiction books. They give me a sense of another world similar to us but different. That is why I love The Missing Series by Haddix, which they time travel, which I have lots of interest in. I thought this was the best book of all the books in this series. First of all, I really think Einstein is a awesome guy. I've done multiple reports on him and the more I read about him, I thought he was awesome. And then this book was about Einstein and I was super excited when I started reading this book. I think Margaret Peterson Haddix must have had lots of time to think about this series. The time travel thing is pretty complex, and it takes me a second to understand what just happened in some parts of the book. Overall I thought this book was great and I recommend it to everyone.(less)

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Mar 27, 2013 A Dawn rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Feb 21, 2013 Timothy Kisare rated it 4 of 5 stars

Caught
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
325 pages

Caught is the story of Jonah and Katherine going on yet another adventure in time. They must go back to the 1900s to fix Albert Einstein’s notes: he has nearly figured out that time travel is possible. A time agent, JB, had told Katherine and Jonah that no one could know time traveling was possible. So Jonah and Katherine must go back in time and change Albert’s notes. Also another task they must achieve is bringing back Lieserl, Albert an...more Caught
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
325 pages

Caught is the story of Jonah and Katherine going on yet another adventure in time. They must go back to the 1900s to fix Albert Einstein’s notes: he has nearly figured out that time travel is possible. A time agent, JB, had told Katherine and Jonah that no one could know time traveling was possible. So Jonah and Katherine must go back in time and change Albert’s notes. Also another task they must achieve is bringing back Lieserl, Albert and Mileva’s daughter. 13 years ago, somebody took Lieserl away from her time period, and whisked her away into the 21st century as a girl named Emily. Jonah and Katherine’s job is to take Emily back into the 1900s and put her in the tracer of baby Lieserl, who has scarlet fever. A tracer is s ghostly version of something that shows what really happened if time never got messed up. In the end, Jonah and Katherine are put into a time hollow, a place where time does not exist. Mileva takes Jonah’s elucidator, a futuristic device allowing someone to freely transport through time and do many other things, and looks into her own future. Since she used the elucidator to freeze Jonah and Katherine, they can do nothing. JB finds out that Mileva was his mother, but she sent him to the future when he was a baby and almost dying. The medicine in the 1900s was’t good enough, so that’s why he was sent through time, so JB could survive.

I really liked this book, because the author is so creative with what could have been the lives of Mileva, Albert, and Lieserl. This book comes to life with all the descriptions used to help us visualize what Mileva, Albert, and Lieserl were all going through. For example, Jonah was being chased by Mileva’s father because he thought Jonah kidnapped Lieserl, so the search party ran after him with torches. Another reason I found this book entertaining was because even though Katherine was a year younger than Jonah, but she was able to make sense out of the confusing laws of time travel much better than Jonah could. She helped him to comprehend the more confusing parts. A third reason I liked this book was because I felt like I was heading back in time almost, I was so intrigued with the story line that I completely forgot where I was and it was like I was a part of the story. When Jonah and Katherine were going through time in a bright white light, in my mind I could picture that, and when they crash landed on the grass, I could imagine it so clearly. It is so easy to get so caught up in a book that you’re actually in the book. That’s why I enjoyed this book so much.
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Sep 09, 2012 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I have enjoyed Margaret Peterson Haddix's time-travel series for middle grade. Some of the books I've liked better than others, but, for the most part, I've enjoyed each one. In this fifth adventure, Jonah and Katherine face their biggest challenge so far. The book begins with the freezing of time. Jonah and Katherine are in school when time freezes. They know that something must have happened, but when and where?! They seek out others who have traveled in time--the only people unaffected so it...more

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Oct 11, 2012 Linda Munro rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Missing series is an excellant means by which children can absorb a piece of history via a science fiction novel.

Four years ago, I began reading this series with my eldest granddaughter; but once she hit the teens, her reading interest changed. I continued with the series, knowing that I would soon be able to share these books with my youngest grandson (age 11).

Maybe all grandparents could take the time to develop an interest in juvenile books, so that they too can assure that their grand...more

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Sep 12, 2012 Christina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, historical-fiction, speculative-fiction

In my opinion, this is the best in The Missing series so far.

As with the previous books, I will not summarize Caught because I do not want to spoil the surprise. I will simply tease you with the following quote: "Of course, how good can our plan really be, Jonah thought, when it relies on outsmarting one of the most brilliant men in history?"

Haddix continues to amaze me with her exceptional writing and unbelievably mind-boggling skills of creating an intricate and captivating mystery. While I wa...more

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Dec 14, 2012 Monique rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crazy-sci-fi, didn-t-think-i-d-like-it, kidnapped

!!!! Haddix, you! Sometimes, when I read this series, I wonder what's going on in your head. (view spoiler)...more

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Sep 26, 2012 Hannah L. rated it 4 of 5 stars

CAUGHT
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
325 pages

Caught is the story of Jonah and Katherine going on yet another adventure in time. They must go back to the 1900s to fix Albert Einstein’s notes: he has nearly figured out that time travel is possible. A time agent, JB, had told Katherine and Jonah that no one could know time traveling was possible. So Jonah and Katherine must go back in time and change Albert’s notes. Also another task they must achieve is bringing back Lieserl, Albert an...more CAUGHT
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Science Fiction
325 pages

Caught is the story of Jonah and Katherine going on yet another adventure in time. They must go back to the 1900s to fix Albert Einstein’s notes: he has nearly figured out that time travel is possible. A time agent, JB, had told Katherine and Jonah that no one could know time traveling was possible. So Jonah and Katherine must go back in time and change Albert’s notes. Also another task they must achieve is bringing back Lieserl, Albert and Mileva’s daughter. 13 years ago, somebody took Lieserl away from her time period, and whisked her away into the 21st century as a girl named Emily. Jonah and Katherine’s job is to take Emily back into the 1900s and put her in the tracer of baby Lieserl, who has scarlet fever. A tracer is s ghostly version of something that shows what really happened if time never got messed up. In the end, Jonah and Katherine are put into a time hollow, a place where time does not exist. Mileva takes Jonah’s elucidator, a futuristic device allowing someone to freely transport through time and do many other things, and looks into her own future. Since she used the elucidator to freeze Jonah and Katherine, they can do nothing. JB finds out that Mileva was his mother, but she sent him to the future when he was a baby and almost dying. The medicine in the 1900s was’t good enough, so that’s why he was sent through time, so JB could survive.

I really liked this book, because the author is so creative with what could have been the lives of Mileva, Albert, and Lieserl. This book comes to life with all the descriptions used to help us visualize what Mileva, Albert, and Lieserl were all going through. For example, Jonah was being chased by Mileva’s father because he thought Jonah kidnapped Lieserl, so the search party ran after him with torches. Another reason I found this book entertaining was because even though Katherine was a year younger than Jonah, but she was able to make sense out of the confusing laws of time travel much better than Jonah could. She helped him to comprehend the more confusing parts. A third reason I liked this book was because I felt like I was heading back in time almost, I was so intrigued with the story line that I completely forgot where I was and it was like I was a part of the story. When Jonah and Katherine were going through time in a bright white light, in my mind I could picture that, and when they crash landed on the grass, I could imagine it so clearly. It is so easy to get so caught up in a book that you’re actually in the book. That’s why I enjoyed this book so much.
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Jan 14, 2013 Nigarsan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: january2013, mystery, science-fiction

Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In the Beginning pg 54
This book is about a boy named "Jonah" and his sister "Katherine" who had just came back from time-travelling when time came to a stop.They soon find out that something had disrupted time itself. So,Jonah and his sister go to the year 1903 to find out that it was the returning of Einstein's secret daughter was the cause of time freezing up. They must prevent the returning of Einstein's daughter,Lieserl to have time back to normal.Well,I...more Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In the Beginning pg 54
This book is about a boy named "Jonah" and his sister "Katherine" who had just came back from time-travelling when time came to a stop.They soon find out that something had disrupted time itself. So,Jonah and his sister go to the year 1903 to find out that it was the returning of Einstein's secret daughter was the cause of time freezing up. They must prevent the returning of Einstein's daughter,Lieserl to have time back to normal.Well,I hope that they do succeed in doing what must be done.

Middle of the book pg 120
In this part of the book,it is about how two time-travelling kids try to return balance to the universe of time by doing at all cost to put things that would had happen.As they were trying to stop the returning and put time back to normal,they are spotted by the girl's mother,which she won't let anything from touching her baby.Oh no! What's going to happen to them now their cover had been discovered? Will they ever put time back to normal?

This book is about how thirty-six children from different parts of time appeared in the twenty-first century.One of them is a thirteen-year old boy named "Jonah" who with his sister tries to return all those children back to where they came from.In this book,they try to return back the daughter of Albert Einstein without being.But,soon after,their cover had been discovered.

I chose this book because it was the fifth book of the series called "The Missing Books" by the author Margaret Peterson Haddix and by what I had read from her,this book would be interesting to read.

I read this book because this book is an amazing book to read as well as an interesting book to read as well.I wanted to see what would happen to them during the story.

I would recommend this book to anyone who had read the series an if not,then I would recommend them to start with the first book of the series. Also, to anyone would like a book containing facts about a famous person,like Einstein,or anyone else and to other who like adventure and history-related books.
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Dec 27, 2012 Haylee Lafrentz rated it 4 of 5 stars

I think that these books are very good not only because of the bit of an educational factor within them, but because they give the reader a chance to maybe put some of their own imaginational thinking into the writing. It almost has a "Choose Your Adventure" feel to it. Like even though the book is written this way, you may find yourself thinking, What would I have done and how would it have affected time? I think that Caught and Sabotaged are my two favorite installments just because they are h...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Audrey Hepburn rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This book is really the best out of the whole series. What I mean is that each book was really good and I enjoyed them but the 5th book was written much better and made you want to read it more and not stop reading the book, it gave more information on the time period they were on and it had more adventure because Albert Einstein's wife was clever and knew that Jonah and Katherine were in time traveling and learned a whole bunch about time traveling and she also revealed that JB was her son whic...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: recommended-books, book-series

If you haven't read this series, you should start on book number one, Found. The story would make more sense, obviously and it would be more interesting.

Although these stories are a easy read, I still read them, because of it's adventures about time-travels and history. The interesting stories of famous missing kids of the past. In this book, it was Albert Einsteins's daughter. In the other books, there was the missing granddaughter of John Smith from the Roanoke Colony. So you'll learn about...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Tia Shamoon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: middle-school

As a stand alone book, I'd rate this a 4 star, but the twist at the ending was brilliant. As part of the series, it's definitely a 5 star book.

In the 5th book of the Missing series, Jonah and Katherine are sent to 1903 because Albert Einstein and his wife Minerva have a secret daughter that is one of the missing children of time. If they can't correct the situation, time-travel will be in jeopardy because Einstein is the person who came up with the basic theories that the book uses as its basis...more As a stand alone book, I'd rate this a 4 star, but the twist at the ending was brilliant. As part of the series, it's definitely a 5 star book.

In the 5th book of the Missing series, Jonah and Katherine are sent to 1903 because Albert Einstein and his wife Minerva have a secret daughter that is one of the missing children of time. If they can't correct the situation, time-travel will be in jeopardy because Einstein is the person who came up with the basic theories that the book uses as its basis for time travel. Minerva is written as an intelligent woman who helped Einstein solve many mathematical equations for his most famous works. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the historical information and "what ifs" about the case. So much speculation that can and cannot be proven. I really enjoyed the author placing emphasis on a strong female heroine.

The way the author weaves in historical and scientific information is amazing. Jonah is a 13 yr old boy (12 when the series started) and his sister Katherine is 11 (10 at start of series). The one thing that bugs me about reading fiction books, especially sci-fi or fantasy, is when you feel like the author is feeding you information, like "Remember this item/moment/person because they are important later." The greatest aspect of Haddix's writing is that she gives her readers a lot of credit. She writes in a voice that keeps the reader hooked, and when she has a punch line or twist, you've remembered everything in the book up to that moment because you've been paying attention. She doesn't hold your hand nor spoon feed you information. And keep in mind the target audience is Middle School level. I admire this strength in Haddix as a writer.

I am anxiously waiting for next book in the series because I can't wait to see who Jonah really is. JB is very secretive about the fact that he can't believe Jonah hasn't figured out who he is yet, especially after having solved the Einstein case. And finding out who JB really is...well, that was brilliant writing.(less)

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Nov 09, 2012 Rebecca rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

I CANNOT say enough good things about this book! The concepts of time were handled very well, with enough detail to give young readers a sense of how the time stream concept works without overwhelming them with too much scientific jargon and concepts to make it unpalatable. The storyline was fast moving and very gripping! LOVED LOVED LOVED the unexpected twists! Never saw them coming :). One of those books that give you that euphoric satisfied feeling when you turn the last page!! As a side note...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Maddy L rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have recently read Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix the fifth book in the Missing series. It is a science fiction book about children of famous people from the past who were stolen by time travelers. Now are being returned by time traveler J.B. with help from one of the stolen children Jonah and his sister Katherine. In this book they must travel to 1902 to return Albert Einstein's daughter Lieserl. But are caught and must learn to trust other people not just each other or they might never m...more I have recently read Caught by Margaret Peterson Haddix the fifth book in the Missing series. It is a science fiction book about children of famous people from the past who were stolen by time travelers. Now are being returned by time traveler J.B. with help from one of the stolen children Jonah and his sister Katherine. In this book they must travel to 1902 to return Albert Einstein's daughter Lieserl. But are caught and must learn to trust other people not just each other or they might never make it out of 1902. At the beginning of the book Jonah and Katherine don’t have much trust in each other or the people in the time they are in. They are afraid that they will be tricked and ruin time forever.

“Crystalline tears glistened in the corners of her eyes. and Jonah saw that, no matter how certain she sounded, she was worried too.”

“Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?”

Throughout the book Jonah and Katherine become more trustworthy with each other and Minerva who is from 1902. This book reminds me a lot of Nicholas Sparks’ The Rescue. It reminds me of it because the characters must all learn to trust. Jonah and Katherine each other and Minerva. While in The Rescue Denise learns to trust Taylor and people with her son. They think at first she is going to expose them but by the end of the book they realize that she just wants to help. They gain trust in each other in order to not only fix time but help Minerva too.

“ Don’t give up. And when you think of something use the elucidator to escape”

Jonah give the elucidator, an object to travel through time and provide support when needed, to Minerva to keep her safe. By doing this Jonah showed full trust in Minerva not to ruin time and to protect her own time. I really enjoyed the book I gave it four out of five stars because I really enjoyed that parts of the book were true facts 1902. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes history but also adventure and action as well. (less)

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Mar 26, 2013 Xander rated it 5 of 5 stars

When time freezes in Jonah’s 7th grade science class, he knows something’s wrong. Five minutes later, Jonah and Katherine are speeding through time. They are in the year 1903, right next to Albert and Mileva Einstein themselves. When Mileva sees the Elucidator floating in thin air, she grabs it and shoves it in her pocket. She goes on a long journey to see her eighteen-month old child, Lieserl with Jonah and Katherine following her, and she realizes that they are there. They have gotten caught....more When time freezes in Jonah’s 7th grade science class, he knows something’s wrong. Five minutes later, Jonah and Katherine are speeding through time. They are in the year 1903, right next to Albert and Mileva Einstein themselves. When Mileva sees the Elucidator floating in thin air, she grabs it and shoves it in her pocket. She goes on a long journey to see her eighteen-month old child, Lieserl with Jonah and Katherine following her, and she realizes that they are there. They have gotten caught. With Mileva now having the knowledge of time-travel, will Jonah and Katherine be able to save history? And with a thirteen year old Lieserl in place of the eighteen-month old one, will they be able to keep Lieserl secret, and Mileva’s mouth shut? In an epic pageturner with shocking information revealed, Will history be in ruins, or will they be able to save the mess they made?

What I thought about it:

I did not want to read Caught. After I read Torn, I did not want to continue the series. But, I wanted to give Margaret Peterson Haddix another chance, so I continued the series. And I’m glad I did. I really enjoyed Caught. It might’ve been because it involved the Einsteins, and it was cool reading about their early life, as well as their later life in the Author’s Note. I love the Author’s Note in all of the books, it just gives you the fascinating history behind the story. I also really like the idea of time freezing; it sounds like a made-up thing, but this book makes it seem real. Then there’s the part where Mileva sees her daughter eleven years older than she was a second before. Imagine that happening to you; I think you would at least have a heart attack. There are so many interesting concepts in this book that it makes you think. Haddix is a very great author and I am glad she has redeemed herself with this novel that is hard to stop reading. So, find out if history collapses and read this book! More reviews at: www.mybookwormblog.wordpress.com (less)

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Apr 10, 2013 Amanda Knauss rated it 5 of 5 stars

It was, in Doctor Who terms, very bumpy wumpy, and confusing. I stayed up until midnight just to finish it and finish it I did. It was well worth the exhaustion at school the next day. I didn't think Peterson-Haddix could go past the bar she had already put up on character development, but she certainly did. The ending had a spectacular twist that I honestly loved and I hope to see how this affects the next books in the series. It's actually quite amazing how everything happened. The book was fa...more

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May 22, 2013 Natalie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction-read-during-6th-grade

Caught is a spectacular book. It is the fifth book in the Missing series. In this book, Jonah and his sister go to 1903 where they must fix time so they can return to their normal lives. When they must find the missing child from this point in time. However, they run into a problem when Mileva Einstein gets their Elucidator and tries to find out how it works.

The cover of this book is truly amazing. It shows Jonah chasing a train, and I think he is supposed to be invisible because I can't see h...more

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Sep 07, 2012 Yapha rated it 5 of 5 stars

I was so happy to hear that this was coming out, as I was afraid that #4 was the last in the series! This one was amazing! Time is still broken, which becomes increasingly evident as Time freezes one day while Jonah and Katherine are in school. They unexpectedly catapult into the past, and wind up at the home of the young Albert Einstein and his wife, Mileva. I'm not going to go into details, but this has some of the most fabulous twists of any of the books in the series. And that is saying a lo...more

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Oct 28, 2012 Melanie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, really-good-book

I LOVED this book.
It is the 5th book in the Missing Series.

Brother and sister team Jonah and Katherine travel baqck in time to the early 1900s.

There is a big suprise at the end and finding more about this suprise will be just one of the things keeping me coming back to read more.

I cant wait to find out who Jonah is!

I started this series about four years ago and I really loved it.

My favorite books and series are ones that I've started as a young person that I read over and over agian.

The first b...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Max Baum rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: q2

Caught was truly a exciting book that leads you through an adventure. In this book, time freezes, and they have no clue why and how. There are many different twists and turns that make this book just that more interesting. In my opinion, Margaret Peterson Haddix is one of the best authors ever, so this book popped out at me as soon as I saw it. It CAUGHT my eye right away. I would highly recommend it to readers of all levels and interests. Make sure you read the beginning of the series before re...more

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May 15, 2013 03NicoleV rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Title: Caught
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Year: 2012 Pages: 343

Intended Audience: Young Adults
Issue: Einstein has found out to much about time travel

Setting: In the story Einstein's supposed to start figuring out what happened in 1611, so if it wasn't in Einstein's time period it just wouldn't work.
Description: Jonah - 13 years old, stolen boy from the past; Katheryn - Jonah's little sister; Mileva - Albert Einstein's wife; Emily - stolen child, originally Albert's and Mileva's child

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May 10, 2013 122zergham rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was my favorite book of the series. It was about how Jonah Skidmore and her sister Katherine travel back in time to save Albert Einstein's secret daughter to fix time. Albert Einstein's daughter was kidnapped by these two evil men that were enemies of Jonah. Time has been frozen in Jonah's time period because of a disturbance in time. Time suddenly freezes in the middle of class, and they are not frozen because they have time traveled before. Their time travelling agent JB tells them to tra...more

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Mar 22, 2013 Mara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: tbr-2013-challenge, 2013-reads, books-to-buy, alternate-history, time-travel

Cover Blurb: Yes or No? Yes. The person doesn’t bother me because you can’t discern any details. The train is awesome (though not horribly relevant to the plot), the color is awesome - it’s an awesome cover.

Characters: Jonah has always been a favorite protagonist in this series. His sister may get onto him for not really thinking things through that might disrupt the time line, but he really is an intelligent, resourceful, and fast-thinking kid. Katherine, his sister, is all right. She’s also qu...more

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Jan 22, 2013 emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

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352 pages
The book "Caught" by Margaret Peterson Haddix is great. Time has stopped once again. Jonah and Katherine are in school when this happens. They are not frozen because they are time travelers. Everyone else is frozen. They go to check on Jonah's friend, Chip, who is a missing child of history; so is Jonah. That means that they are famous children from history. They were kidnapped by time travelers, and were later adopted. Suddenly Jonah and Katherine are taken back into time; Albert Eins...more 352 pages
The book "Caught" by Margaret Peterson Haddix is great. Time has stopped once again. Jonah and Katherine are in school when this happens. They are not frozen because they are time travelers. Everyone else is frozen. They go to check on Jonah's friend, Chip, who is a missing child of history; so is Jonah. That means that they are famous children from history. They were kidnapped by time travelers, and were later adopted. Suddenly Jonah and Katherine are taken back into time; Albert Einstein's time. Einstein and his wife, Mileva are brilliant people, even though Mileva doesn't get any credit for it. Jonah and Katherine are stuck watching them. Einstein has stumbled upon something he shouldn't know about: time travel. When Mileva gets a telegram saying that Liesrel (their daughter, and a missing child from history) has gotten scarlet fever, she rushes to her. Liesrel in current time is Emily, a thirteen year old girl who has to rake Liesrel's place in the beginning. Katherine and Jonah watch over her the whole time. Mileva soon catches on that someone is spying on her and her daughter. Soon, Liesrel (the one from the history and not Emily, technically...) dies. Mileva steals Jonah and Katherine's Elucidator, a device that helps with time travel. She threatens the kids with it. Soon time freezes in the 1900's. Mileva and Jonah are the only ones who are not frozen now. They steer Einstein back to what he should have been focusing on (not the time traveling). Jonah gives the Elucidator to Mileva in case she wants has another plan and needs Jonah's help. Time is back to normal again. But, JB, the time traveler who always helps Katherine and Jonah has to show them something. he shows them when Mileva uses the Elucidator. She goes to Einstein an hour before he dies. She talks to him and tells him all the secrets she has kept from him. In the end, she tells him that she took their son Eduard (also known as Tete) to the future because he has brain damage. She turns him into a baby and takes him to the future where he is given a vaccine that would help him not get the brain damage again. She reveals that Tete in the current time (with Jonah and Katherine) is JB. What will happen next, read the next book when it comes out in November 2012...
This book doesn't remind me of any of the books I have read. It is very unique.
I love this book and series. The series, as Margaret Peterson Haddix has said, consists of 7 books. I have already read 5 out of the 7. The next book comes out in November 2012 and the last book comes out in February 2013.(less)

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Sep 29, 2012 Dana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another most excellent book in The Missing series. A great adventure including time travel and famous people minus Bill and Ted. Jonah and his sister Katherine are once again drawn into the time traveling realm - this time with the missing daughter of Albert Einstein. Turns out that his first wife was majorly smart and highly influencial in his career (in this story at least). Mystery, intrigue, physics and women's equality! What more could you ask for? Great book in a fun series!

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Nov 07, 2012 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

I guess I might be too old for these...but it seemed very over-dramatic, very juvenile, and very twelve-year-olds-are-so-mature-but-still-like-glitter. The plot made sense only if you overlooked a few gaps that I guess a ten-year-old wouldn't, because the entire concept is entirely impossible. Yes, so is Harry Potter, for example, but it's written in a way that makes you think it could exist. More realistic.

So, three stars. It was entertaining and I didn't exactly dislike it, it just was...okay...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Gail rated it 5 of 5 stars

Book 5 - Jonah and Katherine thought that their traveling adventures were done when time stopped while they were at school. They knew something was up - another time travel experience. This time they were headed to about 1903 trying to fix a problem with Lieserl, Albert Einstein's daughter. But there are problems with Mileva Einstein trying to stop Lieserl from leaving - time travel and change is again challenged.
I have really enjoyed this series of books, I hope there will be more but her web s...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Victoria rated it 5 of 5 stars

I cannot believe Albert Einstein was like that. I am glad they gave his wife ( whom I have ever heard of until this book) a story.
Recommended for anyone who loves time travel. But if you haven't read Found, Sent, Sabotaged, and Torn (all part of the series) then read those first.

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I am just baffled that JB was Albert Einstein's son. That was just so cool. It explains how smart JB is. I just loved how it was explained. So-o-o-o good

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