But I also feel that this may be some of Haddix’s best work. Does it contain some lickety split action sequences and leaps that stretch at my adult credulity? Sure. You see, as I sat down in the bookstore’s café to read a chapter I found myself sucked into the story. Maybe it’s the tone or the content or something, but I wasn’t really digging the Haddix. But I’ve never really fallen for a Haddix novel, you know? The writing just usually doesn’t do it for me. Kids love her Among the Hidden series and Running Out of Time was a fun concept (so much so that perhaps director M. Now there’s a treat! I’m not the biggest Haddix fan in the world but I’m rather fond of her style. Higgins… and a new Margaret Peterson Haddix. This past week-end I skipped in as per usual and skimmed the titles of the new fall releases. I skip into the children’s section, peruse the titles there, skim one or two just to see if I’d like to read them later, and that’s it. But a person can’t see everything so once in a while I like to traipse down to my friendly neighborhood bookstore to see what’s on the shelves. I’m a children’s librarian so I get to see a lot of children’s books pass through my hallowed public library doors.
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