Jonah and Chip have barely adjusted to the discovery that they are actually the missing children of history when a time purist named JB sends them,...
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Jan 06, 2012
Justin
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I took a little break between this book and the first book and this book, and when I came back to read this book it was less satisfactory than the first book. The key word here is less; it was by no means an unsatisfactory book for an elementary school student like I was. The thing is that this book introduced a new and interesting setting as can be expected with time travel books, especially those of real historical situations. That added a lot of depth and incentive for me to read the book.
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Jan 04, 2012
Joz
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I was very excited for Sent once I'd finished Found because I was interested in seeing how Haddix was going to write about the 15th century. At first, I really doubted this book, not because it was lacking in potential--hello, we're going back in time--but because I wasn't sure how ideas about linear time vs time travel and 15th century vs 21st century would come off and still be understood and accepted by the younger, target audiences. However, I thought Haddix did a great job at it--she didn't
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Nov 06, 2011
Mara
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As with Found, saying that I liked Sent is not entirely the right way of putting it. It was interesting, exciting, clever, and easy to follow. There was nothing I disliked, but like just isn't the word, which is the case with most time-travel stories.
It helps to have a knowledge of history when reading this simply because it helps the Reader appreciate the way Margaret Peterson Haddix puts the story of Edward V and his brother, Richard, together. Every fan of history's mysteries (such More...
It helps to have a knowledge of history when reading this simply because it helps the Reader appreciate the way Margaret Peterson Haddix puts the story of Edward V and his brother, Richard, together. Every fan of history's mysteries (such More...
Nov 05, 2011
Michelle
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I don’t always review more than one book in a series, but in this case, the sequel was as good as the original. At the end of book one, Jonah, Katherine and Chip find themselves whirling through time. In book two, they emerge in the year 1483. Because Chip isn’t just their 21st century neighbor, he’s Edward V, King of England, and he’s about to become worm food. To prevent “the ripple” from affecting all of time, it’s crucial that Chip return to the years he was stolen from so events will pl
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Mar 08, 2011
Joseph
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Have you ever read a "Haddix" book? No, then check out this review. This is my first "Haddix" book and it was incredible. I didn't read the first book in this series and I probably should have because that left alot of plot holes for me. Anyways, this book is about 4 kids who are from 3 different time periods in history and maybe even the future. 3 of them were brought to the Twenty-First Century by two evil kidnappers named Gary and Hodge. In "Sent" Jonah and Kathe
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Feb 27, 2011
Thomas
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This book was very interesting and somewhat hard to read. In wouldnt read this review if you want to read the first book. In this book famous children from the past have been pulled out of there place in history to be put up for adoption in the future, so the rich people can brag about who there kid was. This is all ok untill people start noticing there absence. Gary, Hodge, and a man named JB are fighting eachother for what they think should be done. Gary and Hodge were the bad guys that were t
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May 06, 2010
Loralee
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Find a bunch of historical children with tragic destinies. Collect a planeful and drop them in the 20th century. Now, why, exactly, is it so important to put them back?
I never understood.
But Haddix thinks it's important--at least, replacing the missing children is the premise of her book Sent. The collected princes in Richard III's tower are sent back to the moment of their deaths, with only their friends to save them. But what are the friends saving them from? Wha More...
I never understood.
But Haddix thinks it's important--at least, replacing the missing children is the premise of her book Sent. The collected princes in Richard III's tower are sent back to the moment of their deaths, with only their friends to save them. But what are the friends saving them from? Wha More...
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Apr 05, 2010
Mandy
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After reading Found (Book 1 of The Missing series) I had to read the follow up.
So I spent the next 2 days wrestling my 7 year old for her book. Actually, I really did try to let her have it whenever she wanted it - just stealing it off her side table when she was asleep for the night :)
Found picks up exactly where Sent left off, with Jonah, Katherine, Chip and Alex hurtling through a time warp toward 1483, where Chip and Alex were stolen from time. In their original lives, Chi More...
So I spent the next 2 days wrestling my 7 year old for her book. Actually, I really did try to let her have it whenever she wanted it - just stealing it off her side table when she was asleep for the night :)
Found picks up exactly where Sent left off, with Jonah, Katherine, Chip and Alex hurtling through a time warp toward 1483, where Chip and Alex were stolen from time. In their original lives, Chi More...
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Jan 15, 2010
Anne
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The first book of the series was definitely better than this one, and less confusing. I read a few time travel books before, (all with altering the future precautions...and stuff) but this one probably provided more confusion than most.
I liked that it was based on a real historical mystery, but I'm not big on English rule and all, so I wasn't that sure if it was real or not until I looked it up. Tracers were something new, and I liked them. The idea was really neat; I'd rather have t More...
I liked that it was based on a real historical mystery, but I'm not big on English rule and all, so I wasn't that sure if it was real or not until I looked it up. Tracers were something new, and I liked them. The idea was really neat; I'd rather have t More...
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Nov 19, 2009
Susan
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Sent is exciting but doesn't have the same WOW factor as Found (I love the way that book begins!)of course, that won't matter to readers eager to discover what has happened to Jonah, Katherine and the other kids from book 1. Sent has a different mission: to take the reader down the path begun in the first book. This installment explores the mystery of the fate of the little princes (Edward V and his brother Richard of Gloucester) who were said to have been murdered by either their uncle (Richa
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Nov 12, 2009
Eva
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A fast-moving, conspiracy-filled plot made Book 1 of this series - Found - a page-turner. Unfortunately, 99% of Sent takes place in the 1480s where the action moves rather more slowly. Yes, there is a bit of political intrigue, the danger of being discovered, and of course the worry that one will affect time adversely. However, it never feels like the kids are in any real danger and thus this reads like a slightly more intense installment of the Magic Tree House series. This is probably due to t
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Apr 30, 2010
Peter
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I am such a fan of Haddix. Each of her books takes the reader on a fun, well-crafted adventure of creative design. While I enjoyed this 2nd book in the Missing series, I was often removed from the story with questions about plausibility. Anyone who treads into the science fiction of time travel must establish the rules for time travel as it exists in their story early on in order to prevent confused readers.
Haddix does eventually setup her rules of time travel, but they are late More...
Haddix does eventually setup her rules of time travel, but they are late More...
Jan 15, 2010
Cornmaven
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I really liked the first book, but this one disappointed me. Haddix uses too many current brands in the story (the kids are middle schoolers), so much so that in a few years the story will be dated, and it made me wonder if there was a product placement thing going on here.
Haddix seemed to attempt to discuss the "butterfly effect", i.e. everything impacting everything else in even minute ways, enough to change the outcome of everything, but I think she fell short.
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Haddix seemed to attempt to discuss the "butterfly effect", i.e. everything impacting everything else in even minute ways, enough to change the outcome of everything, but I think she fell short.
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Dec 18, 2011
Ransom
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The second one in the missing series took me a long time to pick up. I was resistant because I couldn't believe that they sent four preteens back to 1483 with only one gadget to help them fix time. It seemed too incredible that they could do what they set out to do.
However, once I picked up the book I was pleasantly surprised to see how it went. There was enough leeway in the part of history they knew and the structure of her universe to give them boundaries to manage. JB is a resourc More...
However, once I picked up the book I was pleasantly surprised to see how it went. There was enough leeway in the part of history they knew and the structure of her universe to give them boundaries to manage. JB is a resourc More...
Jul 19, 2011
Anastasia
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A fast-paced interesting followup to Found, Sent will be a fun read for kids who enjoy adventure.
Jonah, his sister, his friend Chip, and another boy find themselves in England at the time when Richard III had imprisoned Edward and his brother and mother in the Tower of London. Their mission: to "heal time" by fixing history so it won't get messed up, and get the 2 boys back to their 21st century families.
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Jonah, his sister, his friend Chip, and another boy find themselves in England at the time when Richard III had imprisoned Edward and his brother and mother in the Tower of London. Their mission: to "heal time" by fixing history so it won't get messed up, and get the 2 boys back to their 21st century families.
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Jun 22, 2011
Jodi
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I don't know why I'm continuing this series. I guess because I already checked them out from the library and I can read one of these books in an hour and a half. And time travel is cool. I probably should only give this book two stars, but I DID like learning about Richard III and the fact that I'm now planning on reading or watching Shakespeare's play on the subject, I have to give Sent a star just for not only teaching me something new but pushing me to want to learn more. I just have to s
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Feb 08, 2010
Julie
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Sent starts where Found ended. Jonah, his sister Katherine their friend Chip and Alex “land” in the fifteenth century. Jonah and Katherine were not supposed to time travel to the fifteenth century with Chip and Alex. They could mess up history. With the help of the Elucidator they are able to keep in contact with JB. Upon landing in the fifteenth century Chip finds out that he is Edward the Fifth King of England and France and that Alex is his brother Prince Richard.
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Jun 10, 2010
Casandreas
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Bought this book and the first from the series for my kids. When they were a lot younger one of our favorite series was called The Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osbourne. In those books a boy and his sister are magically transported to different historical places around the world to witness important historical events. Great series for younger kids for the books are age appropriately short but exciting (and you learn something too). This series, by Haddix kicks it up a notch for middle
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Oct 10, 2010
Brian
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Sep 10, 2009
NCPL
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Jonah, Chip, Alex and the 33 other adoptees had just been told that they were missing children kidnapped from history. Chip & Alex were being returned to the 15th century, their true place in history, when Jonah and Katherine grabbed onto Chip and were also sent through time.
The year is now 1483 and the group finds themselves in the Tower of London. Chip is really Edward V, king of England, and Alex is his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. Chip is convinced that his uncle, R More...
The year is now 1483 and the group finds themselves in the Tower of London. Chip is really Edward V, king of England, and Alex is his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. Chip is convinced that his uncle, R More...
Sep 12, 2011
Ellie
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Uh, oh......the rating of the series is progressively moving down, and down, and down....I'm feeling a bit apprehensive.....
Well, any apprehensive feelings about reading the book vanished after I picked it up to read it. It has such a cool cover. :) And the book was also stupendous. I really don't have any major complaints. The only thing that I can think of is that Margaret Peterson Haddix (who I'm getting to like more and more) overuses "said." Chip said this, Katherine sai More...
Well, any apprehensive feelings about reading the book vanished after I picked it up to read it. It has such a cool cover. :) And the book was also stupendous. I really don't have any major complaints. The only thing that I can think of is that Margaret Peterson Haddix (who I'm getting to like more and more) overuses "said." Chip said this, Katherine sai More...
Feb 07, 2011
Isaac
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Jonah, Chip, Katherine, and a boy named Alex land in the 15th century and find out that Alex is a British prince and Chip is a king. Then they find Chip and Alex’s tracers. (Projections of what time would be like if time travelers hadn’t interfered.) Suddenly, two men come into the room and try to kill Chip and Alex by throwing them out a window. Right before they do, Jonah pulls Chip and Alex away from their tracers. They find out that Richard III, Duke of Gloucester, is trying to kill Chip
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Jan 08, 2010
Jenny
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I enjoyed reading about the past in this book. It's hard to read some of these kid books at times because a lot of the sentences made me cringe. I can't ever imagine thinking some of the things Chip, Jonah, Alex, and Katherine did, but I guess I did..
Two things really annoyed me in this book:
1) I don't expect sixth graders to read Shakespeare, so I guess I can't blame them, but they needed to realize (earlier in the book) that sometimes Shakespeare isn't right. His stories can More...
Two things really annoyed me in this book:
1) I don't expect sixth graders to read Shakespeare, so I guess I can't blame them, but they needed to realize (earlier in the book) that sometimes Shakespeare isn't right. His stories can More...
Nov 30, 2011
Janie
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I really like this series. It's about the missing children from history. Haddix taps into a common childhood fantasy- that you are really the offspring of royalty or famous people, and were somehow adopted by an ordinary family, then she one-ups it by adding in time travel. People can travel back in time to fix time or discover histories mysteries. Time travel is the only way to completely solve some mysteries. And if we could travel back in time to begin solving all the mysteries of history
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Jul 23, 2010
Julie
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I knew that this entered the "4 star" category when I drove across town to pick up the book from where I left it, after a fitful night of kicking myself for leaving it there. Okay, I admit it. I couldn't WAIT to find out what was going to happen next! I don't usually get THIS enthralled with the young adult novels I read, but this was just darn good.
Never having taken a Physics class, nor having any interest in it at all, I cannot typically handle the concept of time t More...
Never having taken a Physics class, nor having any interest in it at all, I cannot typically handle the concept of time t More...
Jan 06, 2011
Nate
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Im not completly sure if this book was a mystery or not, but either way, it was breath-taking through the whole novel. This great detailed three hundred paged book by Margaret Peterson Haddix was simply amzing how you were not able to geuss what the ending of it was going to be until the last twenty pages. Watch as three friends travel back in time with a taser. I think that is an amzing plot and you find out right away.
Except if I were to critisize this book, it would have to be on how th More...
Except if I were to critisize this book, it would have to be on how th More...
Oct 08, 2009
Gwen the Librarian
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Unlike most middle-of-series books, I found Sent to be even more gripping and interesting than Found, the first volume. I am completely fascinated by Haddix's original ideas of time travel. This adventure picks up right where the last broke off, as the two sort-of princes and Jonah and Katherine are falling through time back to the fourteenth century. Jonah and Katherine have to help Chip and Alex, or their historical counterparts, stay alive and reset the messed-up past. Sound complicated?
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Aug 25, 2011
Annie
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Um, excuse me? Medieval castles? Intrigue? Time travel? In one book?
If I wouldn't have known better, I'd say the author might possibly have been stalking me. This book had some of my all-time favorite novel elements, all thrown into one. The medieval setting (which was highly awesome). Intrigue (the he's-plotting-to-get-the-throne with double, triple, and quadruple agents kind of thing). Time travel, brother-sister stories, attempting to solve the mysteries of history, action More...
If I wouldn't have known better, I'd say the author might possibly have been stalking me. This book had some of my all-time favorite novel elements, all thrown into one. The medieval setting (which was highly awesome). Intrigue (the he's-plotting-to-get-the-throne with double, triple, and quadruple agents kind of thing). Time travel, brother-sister stories, attempting to solve the mysteries of history, action More...
Jan 06, 2011
Kameron
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I found Sent by: Margaret Peterson Haddix an odd book and yet very entertaining. It is set in the past and you get to see how they looked and hear how they talked back then. I also found great detail which made me be able to see the setting and the overall story better. It isn't as mysterious as the first book more science fiction because of the time travel. I especially liked how the author came up with some neat ideas which really brought out the science fiction feel. It is also cool because i
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Apr 04, 2010
Jackie
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Jonah, Katherine, Alex, and Chip are thrown back into the 15th century as true identities are revealed to Chip and Alex. Chip is the King Edward V of England, yet he is only in his teens. Alex is his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. His uncle, now King Richard III, having taken the throne away from Edward V...but, as we know, this period in history is hazy at best. The two young royals disappeared surrounded by mystery and inconclusive evidence.
The foursome travel back into t More...
The foursome travel back into t More...
