Revealed

The Missing #7

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

After a mysterious cameo from Charles Lindbergh, it’s up to Jonah to save his town in the seventh book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “plenty of fun and great for history teachers as well.

It’s morning as usual at the Skidmore household—until Charles Lindbergh, the famous historical pilot, appears in their living room. Jonah can hardly believe his eyes—and then Lindbergh grabs Katherine and vanishes again. And that’s not all. Chip, Andrea, and all the other children from the plane have disappeared too. And worst of all, Jonah’s parents and all the other adults in his town have de-aged into children.

Jonah is the only one left, and the only one who can save everyone. With the help of de-aged JB and Angela, he has to collect the clues. And they lead directly back to Gary and Hodge, and a terrible plot that could mean the end of everything Jonah has ever loved. Can Jonah put the pieces together before time runs out?

Genres: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Fiction, Fantasy

448 pages, Hardcover

First published September 2, 2014

About the author

Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana; a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois.

She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens, including Running Out of Time; Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Leaving Fishers; Just Ella; Turnabout; Takeoffs and Landings; The Girl with 500 Middle Names; Because of Anya; Escape from Memory; Say What?; The House on the Gulf; Double Identity; Dexter the Tough; Uprising; Palace of Mirrors; Claim to Fame; the Shadow Children series; and the Missing series. She also wrote Into the Gauntlet, the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Her books have been honored with New York Times bestseller status, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award; American Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers notations; and more than a dozen state reader’s choice awards.


Haddix and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, with their two children.

Reviews

[Lizzie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The thing I think I liked most about this book was how they revealed Jonah's identity. The set it up very clearly from the beginning that - oh yes! He is the Lindbergh baby! - so then the reader could be surprised with Jonah when it was revealed that he wasn't. I wasn't as much surprised by the reveal that Jonah wasn't the Lindbergh baby was I was that he was absolutely nothing special. I was thinking that he was going to be a missing child from the future or something that would make him insanely special, but no. He was just a random kid who was going to die from malnutrition in an orphanage. So I really liked that, because I didn't see that coming at all.

But what I didn't like about this book, compared to the others, was that it wasn't really about the missing children in history. In the previous books I enjoyed seeing Jonah's friends joining with their tracers and becoming their real identity - something I was looking forward to Jonah doing. Although Jonah was relieved that he wouldn't have to finish his original timeline, I was disappointed. I wanted to hear, from Jonah's perspective, what it felt like to become his original identity. Although I liked that Jonah wasn't anyone special, it was kind of disappointing that we didn't get to see his original identity at all.

The lack of Katherine in this book also had a strong effect. I'm surprised Jonah got anything done without her. And turning the adults into teenagers? Jonah having a twin? Katherine being a baby for the entire book? I just didn't like this plot line. Not at all. Possibly one of the best things about this book was the sassy Elucidator comebacks.

Hopefully the last book will finish the series off nicely.

[Kirra Drude (Charlie Kirk's version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT THE HECK

[Alexa Orfao]

So excited to finish this series so fr they have been amazing books

[Sofia 🧚🏻‍♀️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book took me like 2 months to read thank you school.

I liked it, but that's it. It felt very different from the rest of the series. Usually they spend a lot of time in the time period and you learn a lot about the particular history in subject with some time travel problems. This book was just Jonah on his own, mostly in the time period when he was a baby, rather than the 1930s. Heck I think the most interesting part of this book was the Author's Note where Haddix talks about the conspiracy theories surrounding Charles Lindbergh and his baby's kidnapping. I understand that we're coming to a finale, so things might change a bit, so I'm willing to overlook how different it was, but still. Not my favorite.

I also felt that many of the events that took place were very confusing. The end? How did that happen? It felt a bit plot hole-y, but maybe I just didn't understand what was going on. I don't remember being this lost before...

I'm going to finish this series and I hope the finale is better.

[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well that got.... weird.

[Rustic Red Reads · Rating 2 out of 5]

As the finale, supposedly, it is quite bad. There are a lot of things happening (since it's the "last-but-not-the-last" book and the identity of Jonah will be revealed) and most of it are new and quite confusing, but I got to say I skimmed/skipped some parts since some are just words describing this and that, just making the sentence/paragraph, thus the story/chapter, quite longer.

I really expected many things about this finale, but I think this is heading towards the path of Infinity Ring, wherein the series is also planned to be a seven-book series but due to some circumstance, both series become eight. On the Infinity Ring series, the book seven is a good finale/closure to the series but the eighth book presented a lot more concepts (that led me to believe there's another series, but NOTHING), and this book is a preparation for more new concepts to come and I hope the finale will be WAY. MUCH. BETTER.

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

The story of Jonah continues as he remains the only one of the kids to not know his true identity. Old enemies come back and threaten to unravel the life and world Jonah has known as well as destroy time travel altogether for their own selfish gains. Jonah ends up teaming up with Charles Lindbergh on this adventure as he does all he can to save his family, his friends, JB, and the universe as we know it. The ending was not a complete surprise because I accidentally read the summary of the next book, so if you want to be completely surprised, don't read the blurb for book 8! I do like how Jonah and Katherine's experience has changed their relationship for the better and that they have both really matured as a result of their time traveling jaunts. Overall, I've really enjoyed this series and can't wait to see how it ends. While each story has a beginning, middle and end, these books should really be read in order.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like im so confused and happy and angry and sad like where do i put all the feels wen no one has read this series which make my eyes explode into niagra falls guy pick this up if you want 6 easy quick awesome reads and a seventh book that is so complex and awesome that the possibility of time paradox makes your head explode. Sorry for my rant

[Julia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much too confusing for anyone with less than a PhD.

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The seventh book in the Missing series. This one involves Charles Lindbergh.

[Ayan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't believe how everything worked out in the last few chapters, well kinda.
The Missing - 7/8

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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MY THOUGHTS
I remember a time Before Goodreads when I had a small piece of paper taped to my bookcase of all of the release dates for the next books in series. I remember writing the release date for Revealed and thinking "2014! Boy, that's so long from now! I'll be done with high school then!" Well, it's now 2019 and I finally got around to reading this book. My younger self would be upset with me, but even though it took a while for me to put up this book, I was not disappointed.

When I read Risked the other day I was disappointed for some reason. It was good, but I did not feel like a whole lot happened. In this book, so much happens! I feel like it is so hard to really go into details on what happened in this book because there are a lot more complicated elements in this book (and I'll sound crazy trying to explain it)! There's a lot more time travel and so many paradoxes and running around through time that my head was spinning! There were elements rooted in history, but this book was a lot different than the other books in the series! Jonah isn't helping another child in their time period, he's trying to save his sister and fix time and a whole lot of other stuff! I'm actually really impressed by all of the timelines and I'm honestly curious how Haddix kept track of everything! Sometimes I was so confused that I wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't and I got tired of things getting explained to me rather than actually seeing some parts, that's why this doesn't have a full five stars, but I am impressed by how time travel was used in this book.

There is so much of a greater focus on Jonah in this book and I think he makes a much more dynamic character in this book than he was in Risked. Part of the reason I was so excited to read this book those years ago was the fact that I knew from the title that this was going to be the book where Jonah's historical identity was going to be, well, revealed. And, yeah, that does happen, but Jonah's historical identity is not a big part of himself. The main reason why there is growth in his character in this book is that he has to do almost everything in this book himself. He does not have Katherine or Chip. He does not have his parents. He has JB and Angela for a little bit, but he does most of the time fixing himself. It is very difficult for him and very frightening/stressful at times, but it really showed his courage and ingenuity.

IN CONCLUSION
Overall, there was a lot in this book and it's a lot to process. I'm not sure what happened at points. This seems like a great finale to a great series, but it's not the last book. There's another book. I'm curious what the next one is about because it seems like things are fixed, but I'm sure there's going to be some more trouble and I look forward to reading the actual finale to the series.

[Kynzee Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

EVERYONE LIVED, THANK GOODNESS.

Okay. So first of all; I am so done with MPH's plot twists. They strike me in the feels every time.

Second of all; her writing keeps getting better and better.

And lastly; this book was amazing, I loved the new take on this aspect. Instead of seeing the characters we all know and love travel through time yet again for another mission, we see one get kidnapped (not gonna name, cause spoilers.) and see the others try and rescue said person. The whole story kept me questioning everything I already knew and found out because of the other books, it was constantly confusing; but a good kind of confusing. The twists, answers, and questions throughout the book kept building up to the final moment I had been waiting for since book one.

AND NOW I CANT WAIT FOR REDEEMED.

Side note: if you read this and don't fall instantly in love with Chip or Leonid, you are a horrible person.

[Adele_C1 · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this second to last book of the missing series, Jonah finally found out his original identity. At first, Jonah was shell-shocked when he found out his identity because he thought he would be another 'famous' missing child from history, but he wasn't. Yes, he was a missing child, but no he wasn't famous. Jonah couldn't really accept that, but he was too busy trying to save all his friends and family that were endangered because of Gary and Hodge to keep thinking over why. He had to save all those he loved this time alone. All of time depended on him. As Gary and Hodge discouraged Jonah over and over again, Jonah only seemed to try harder. This story kind of has the theme that: what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

[Savannah Klotz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because it has many things within the story that surprises you. I thought this was very well written.

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Too many paradoxes and yapping about paradoxes

ALSO I WANTED TO SCREAM AT THEM THE ENTIRE TIME

good writing tho 😀

[ally · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was good, however it is not as good as the other books in the series because I was disappointed in the plot. All the books in the series have been leading up to find out who Jonas was in history, in this book, Haddix gave us clues wanting us to believe that he is Charles Lindbergh's son, but when Gary and Hodge reveal his true identity, it is just disappointing and kind of a letdown. Yet, for the same reason that I don't like this book, it also goes for why I like it because since it was a huge surprise and I wasn't anticipating what happened.

[Caroline Paxton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually liked this book quite a bit, but the time travel elements that had previously been semi-understandable were suddenly to the point where I wasn't sure anyone but the author knew what was happening. All of the stuff with time splitting was poorly explained, and I wasn't sure how the different branches of time worked. Could you jump from one to another? Is that what the characters were doing? Or were the branches sealed off from each other?

And I hated the ending. Really? The main character sacrifices so much for SEVEN BOOKS!!!! Do you know what Jonah went through? I could never make all of the decisions he has to! Or... do anything that he's forced to do to prevent the end of all time??? SERIOUSLY, HE'S THIRTEEN!!!! And he didn't even get to have things go back to normal.

I was really upset about the lack of Katherine in this book. I needed some Katherine sass to make it through the intense parts of the book, but it wasn't there.

There was a lot more of Angela in this book, though, and I liked that a lot. I wish that JB could have been a little less serious and mature, considering... (ugh, i don't want to spoil anything. It just would've made more sense for the story, let's leave it at that).

I'm definitely seeing some fantastic character development in Jonah. All seven books have taken place within about a month (in their time), but they've spent a lot more time than that while they've been living in other centuries. And it's pretty obvious if you look at Jonah, because he seems to have grown up a lot in the past few books.

The eighth book had better ACTUALLY HAPPEN. If this is the end, then it just ruined the whole series for me. I just don't know how they could do another book, because I feel like a lot of the possible conflicts were mostly resolved. Yes, it opened up a whole new door at the end, but I don't know how they can make a book out of just that.

I'd recommend this if you're really interested in science and physics, and if you're good at understanding complicated concepts. I think this would be a good book for younger adolescents (11 or 12) trying to bridge the gap into some more young adult stuff. The only problem with that is that they maybe would have trouble understanding all of the time travel parts of the books.

[Shaeley Santiago · Rating 3 out of 5]

This final book in the series wraps up the events, but time travel can be so confusing. We also have a slightly different cast of characters in this story. The main characters are Jonah, JB, Angela, and Charles Lindbergh, with Gary & Hodge making appearances as well as Jonah's parents (in a slightly different way than you might expect).

We do finally found out which famous child Jonah is from the past, and there's also a surprising character at the end of the story. Katherine, Jonah's sister, does not play as important a role in this story has she did in earlier stories, and like Jonah, I missed her. Overall a satisfying ending to Margaret Peterson Haddix's series, The MIssing.

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[Mariah Schlater · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book "Revealed" by Margaret Peterson Haddix is very good. This book is book seven in the missing series. This science fiction book is about Jonah, a missing child in history, finding out his real identity. He goes on an adventure to figure out his real identity and save everyone from time collapsing. I rated this book five stars.
This book is science fiction. This book is fairly long, and can be hard to understand. I recommend that you read the first six books before you read this to avoid confusion. I recommend this book to people in middle school, because of the difficulty to understand the book. After reading this book I realized how important my family is and it would be hard to live without them. Even though the book was sometimes hard to comprehend the book "Revealed" by Margaret Peterson Haddix was very interesting to read.

[Reanna Borgen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. I think this book is one of my favorites in the series. I really liked the fact that the book made you think that Jonah was Charles Lindbergh's son. I was really surprised to find out that Jonah was really was the twin of Charles Lindbergh's son. I like the twist that it had on the story. But I was a little disappointed that Jonah didn't get to travel back in time and join his tracer like all the other missing children did. But I think the ending of this book made up for that. When I found out that Jonah will now have to live his life with a twin, my mind was blown. But it makes so much sense, because in the past he gave his twin to his parents thinking it was him. I also think that this book made me hate Gary and hodge even more. I can't wait to read number 8.

[Marie Ralston · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have loved Haddix for years and have enjoyed most of her books. This book is not one of my favorites or one that I will be revisiting any time soon.

Pros-
Mystery surrounding main character solved
Interesting characters
Feels like the end of the series

Cons -
Pacing is off... Way too much talking and not enough action/story movement
It was hard to follow all of the paradoxes as an adult... If I as an adult had problems with this book, I am sure the intend audience will too
The dialogue didn't flow
Jonah's past

Overall this book is one I would not recommend. If you want to know what happens, skip to the last chapter or so and read the review summary between JB and Jonah. I wish I had.

[Sarah Yao · Rating 5 out of 5]

I totally loved the book! I was mind-blown when I found out Jonah Skidmore had a twin. I haven't read the sixth book to this series yet-I want to hurry and check it out when it is in the public library.

[Percyjfan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was an utterly confusing plane crash

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

First sentence: Jonah saw the man before the man saw him.

Revealed is the seventh book in the Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The books usually feature a brother-sister team of Jonah and Katherine Skidmore. These two have been time-traveling essentially since book one with various other "missing" children from history. These children, more often than not, have all grown up in the same neighborhood/community. Chip, for example, is one of Jonah's best friends and Katherine's boyfriend. Usually each book focuses on one specific period of time, the children go there, solve or resolve a problem, and return to the twenty-first century. Revealed is NOT like that at all. For better or worse.

If I were to describe the reading experience it would go something like this: The author throwing a hundred balls into the air and telling readers: catch as many as you can, good luck.

Some of the story threads:

Who is Jonah? Is he Charles Lindbergh's son? Does he want to be? What if he is? What if he isn't? If he isn't, what happened to the real son?
Why does Charles Lindbergh kidnap Katherine? Which Charles Lindbergh kidnaps Katherine? Did he kidnap her because he's on their side? Or did he kidnap her because he's on their enemies side?
Why did practically all the characters--with the exception of Jonah and Charles Lindbergh--de-age? Why did all the adults in all the surrounding area become teenagers? Why is Katherine now a baby? Was it simply that it took going to this big of an extreme to get Jonah to think and act on his own?
Why do Gary and Hodge play such a large part in this novel? Why does Jonah believe anything they say? Are Gary and Hodge lazy or stupid or both lazy and stupid?
Shouldn't time travel have some logic to it? How did time split? Did time split? How did time un-split?
Why did Katherine's age get fixed but nobody elses?

The good news is that I think the novel is still action-packed, premise-focused. I think for those readers who can't get enough time travel this one can still work. I also think it is a bit amazing that I can jump right into the seventh book without having reread books one through six. I think, however, that might be a sign that character development is simple.

This book is different from the other six books. It essentially has readers going back and forth and back and forth between these time periods: the twenty-first century, the time hollow cave, 1932, and the plane-crash-landing of thirty-six (sometimes thirty-five) mysterious babies which happened thirteen years ago. There isn't a firm date on this "thirteen years ago" because I think Jonah has been thirteen since the series began in 2008. There is a bit of a difference between 1995 and 2002. Also the same scenes keep getting revisited. Hence why it is important for Jonah to notice what clothes Lindbergh happens to be wearing every time he sees him--"which" Lindbergh is this?!

I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. I am glad I finally read it.

[Chloë Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

once again she is SO BACK!! i think this series is near perfect ya/mg sci-fi fodder if you set aside the whole book 3 and 4 disappointment of it all. i don’t love this one as MUCH as 5&6 but i think that’s because it’s doing a lot at once. it’s exploring an adventure around a historical moment yes but it’s also clearly doing the labor of working towards novellic conclusion. i think it felt difficult to stay in it or feel attached to the adventure of it as much because of that. i had to focus so deeply on the new information being provided about the nature of time travel i got sort of lost in the sauce. i also feel the absence of katherine influenced the narrative to me — she’s such an impactful side character and really becomes a protagonist after book 2. it’s hard to read the book without her fun presence. nonetheless though i still felt intrigued and held on to the narrative throughout. it was one that i couldn’t really anticipate bc they weren’t trying to put a kid back in history, they were trying to fix history itself. like the not being able to determine what’s next aspect was so so hooking. i also think i grew to like jonah a bit more and appreciated his commitment to his sister even tho he was a bit aggy at times. one thing i DID NOTICE about this one is it kind of felt like Christian propaganda? i think the propaganda was present in every other novel but it kind of came to a head for me here. and i say this as someone who was raised christian but like the fact that every time jonah was unsure he was like okay WWJD like God tell me what’s next i was like hmmmm…🤔🧐🤨 curious motivation. maybe this is just characterization. but when placed in conversation with other discussions of christianity in the book it felt .. purposeful to say the least. despite all this i loved the adventure of this book and i think that it sets up for a really cool conclusion like im excited for the next one. and a character named JORDAN he’s just like me for real. overall i think like 3.75 to 4 stars. closer to 3.75 at some points but ill say 4 overall out of kindness

[Kayla Squire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really did love this one! I think this one is probably my favorite so far. They really upped the stakes on this one! It definitely got intense. In general with this series I really do enjoy all the historical information you get as you read. Also, I kind of appreciated that Jonah was just an ordinary kid that ended up in an orphanage in 1932. I think it's really cool that he wasn't anybody famous, just an ordinary kid who got caught up in all this doing his best to save time. I think I love Jonah's innocence too and pure motives. I've said the whole time how much I love Jonah's and Katherine's dynamic. The absence of it in this book and how hard Jonah is working to save his sister and really seeing how much he cares for her and takes care of her made me appreciate it all the more in this book. Definitely some crazy twists at the end I didn't expect. I love how he gives Lindbergh the elucidator, kind of the same way as with Mileva before. That element of human goodness that ends up saving the day I think is really cool. Also, I think it's really cool to see Jonah's character growth. There almost a sublety too that's so cool! He's the same 13 year old kid, but you look back and realize how much he's grown and it's cool to see. I like how Jonah had a lot of that this book, where he reflected and realized how he's grown and what he's learned through all his time travel experiences and I really liked that. Also I liked how Margaret Peterson Haddix isn't afraid to bring in God and faith and the way that plays into the story. I can't wait to see how things wrap up in the last book.

[Allyson Jaye · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was a complete and utter disappointment. I had been following this series all throughout elementary and middle school, owned every copy and bugged the librarian to buy the ones I could not get a hold of to check out. I was enthralled by this fantastical world with a unique concept, relatable characters, fast passed action and a fascinating storyline. I was always sitting at the edge of my seat waiting for the next installment. But then Revealed came out... and I could only sit in horror as Ms.Haddix completely destroyed everything I had found enjoyable about the series. My main pro for the first six books is the almost nonexistent tropes or stereotypes, and if there was one to be found it was usually executed in a satirical manner. The lack of falling back on the old material was what made the series stand out from it's millions of time travel counterparts. But book seven was so jam packed with clichés and plot twists that were supposed to be surprising but just ended up being pathetic and rage inducing, that it was cringe worthy. Revealed lacked all of the depth that it's predecessors had showed and was all the more disappointing for it. The entire story seemed to be Ms.Haddix running out of ideas so deciding to smash overdone clichés and every time travel stereotype under the sun into the same book.

A complete and total bombshell destroying everything good that it's predecessors set up for it, I would have to recommend that you just stop reading after the sixth book. Because revealed is not even worth the paper it's printed on.

[Tony · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Grade = 85% - B

Published 2014. 438 pages. Young Adult.

It wasn’t until I picked up what I thought was the next book in the series that I realized that I read Book 7 before Book 6. The first five books were clearly numbered on the COVER, but the last three were numbered on the SPINE, which I did not see. And, besides, all three books ironically arrived in separate packages from eBay on the same day, and all three have one word titles beginning with them letter “R”: Risked, Revealed, and Redeemed.

I was wondering about all the references to historic personages that I missed, but I also know that Ms. Haddix sneaked (I checked, and this is the correct verb tense) in two electronic short stories between the real books. I just thought that they must be very long short stories.

Anyway, I now know that this is the Penultimate Book in the Missing Series. And as time travel books go, this is very, very, very complicated often seeming to go in circles.

Since it is so very complicated, I’ll just say that the events center on an occurrence in 1932 in New Jersey. And nothing more.....

[Kal Jayaraman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would recommend this book, especially to anyone who is curious about what time travel and the future might look like. However, I think the other six books in the series were much better than this one because they involved more of the missing children from history, but Jonah’s own identity needed to be solved too and I guess the author needed an entire book to do that. Also, the lack of Katherine, Jonah’s sister and the second main character in the series, in this book greatly hurt the plot. Not having her involved is probably the biggest reason why I think this book wasn’t as good as the other books. I haven’t read the last book in the series yet, but my guess is that this book was meant to be a bridge to go from the sixth book to whatever the last book will be about. I would definitely recommend the rest of the series far more than this one, but Revealed was still a good book and I would recommend it too.