Authors: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Redeemed (35 page)
Since this is the last book in a series that I began writing eight years ago, I feel like I have years of thank-yous to say. First of all I'd like to thank my husband and kids for putting up with me sometimes being mentally in an entirely different century. (Who would ever want to have to tell their teacher, “My mom forgot to sign that permission slip because she kind of thinks it's 1483 right now”? I don't think I was ever that badâwas I?) I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my agent, Tracey Adams, and everyone at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers who supported the series, especially David Gale, Navah Wolfe, and Liz Kossnar. My friends Linda Gerber, Erin MacLellan, Jenny Patton, Nancy Roe Pimm, Linda Stanek, and Amjed Qamar read portions of this and some of the earlier books and offered helpful comments. Kids, teachers, librarians, and bookstore people all over the country also often asked interesting questions that helped me see new angles to take with the books. I have particularly fond memories of a gathering of kids at a book-signing at Hicklebee's in San Jose, California, in 2010, who asked about the time travel in my books vs. Einstein's theories and string theory and all sorts of other fun physics concepts. I think they were all secretly Stanford graduate students who just happened to also be twelve-year-olds, but wow, what a fun conversation.
And, finally, I owe thanks to my friend Marcy Mermel Gessel, who made a really good suggestion five years ago when I was (already) stressing out about how I was going to end this series. Marcy, you were rightâa party is always a great idea.
MARGARET PETERSON
HADDIX
is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed teen and middlegrade novels, including the Missing series, the Shadow Children series, the Palace Chronicles,
Claim to Fame,
and
Uprising
. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for the
Indianapolis News
. She also taught at Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio.
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A
LSO BY
M
ARGARET
P
ETERSON
H
ADDIX
T
HE
M
ISSING SERIES
Found
Sent
Sabotaged
Torn
Caught
Risked
Revealed
Sought (an eBook original
Rescued (an eBook original)
T
HE
S
HADOW
C
HILDREN
Among the Hidden
Among the Impostors
Among the Betrayed
Among the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy
Among the Free
T
HE
P
ALACE
C
HRONICLES
Just Ella
Palace of Mirrors
Palace of Lies
The Girl with 500 Middle Names
Because of Anya
Say What?
Dexter the Tough
Running Out of Time
Full Ride
Game Changer
The Always War
Claim to Fame
Uprising
Double Identity
The House on the Gulf
Escape from Memory
Takeoffs and Landings
Turnabout
Leaving Fishers
Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
Redeemed / Margaret Peterson Haddix.âFirst edition.
pages cm.â(The missing ; [8])
Summary: Jonah was able to save all of time from collapsing but in doing so gained a twin brother, Jordan, who must learn what has happened and do his own part to save timeâand his parents.
ISBN 978-1-4424-9756-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4424-9759-7 (eBook)Â
[1. Time travelâFiction. 2. Space and timeâFiction. 3. TwinsâFiction. 4. Brothers and sistersâFiction. 5. Family lifeâFiction. 6. Science fiction.]Â Â I. Title.
PZ7.H1164Rd 2015
[Fic]âdc23
2014014609