You’ll just have to read it for yourself. I had no idea where this was going, and I’m not going to give anything away. Letters that read, “You are one of the missing.” And, “Beware! They are coming back to get you.” Then the kids take the letters seriously. Until events happen that are chronologically impossible. Until they, along with Jonah’s sister, Katherine, stumble onto classified information listing Jonah, Chip, and many other thirteen-year-old adoptees as “survivors.” Until they look up a “witness” on the same list and hear about a disappearing plane filled with babies. Until people begin vanishing right in front of them. Then his new friend, Chip, finds out unexpectedly that he’s also adopted, and receives the same disturbing letters. Until he receives some mysterious letters in the mail. Within, Jonah Skidmore knows he’s adopted, and it’s never been a big deal. I had to tear myself away when the clock tipped into the wee hours this morning and finish it up at first light. It’s a fantastic, clean page-turner entirely suitable for young readers (8-13) with some mind-bending twists along the way. Wrong! Found is much more than I bargained for. This book was recommended to me with little explanation, and I expected it to be just another run-of-the-mill, edgy adventure story, with a little too much language and content a little too old to comfortably call it a tween book.
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