Authors: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Children of Exile (26 page)
When we got to that mountain, maybe we would find Edwy, safe and sound. Or maybe we would have to find a way to save him, along with everyone else.
“â'Membrance,'â” Bobo told Cana. “Rosi says that's what that mountain is called.”
“
Re
membrance,” I corrected him. “It's, like, a memory. Remembering the past. But I think we should call it something different now.”
“What?” Cana said.
“Better Times Ahead, maybe?” I said. “Because that's what we're going to find there.”
I hoped that I was telling the truth.
is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed teen and middle-grade novels, including the Missing series, the Shadow Children series, the Palace Chronicles,
Under Their Skin, 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. Visit her at
haddixbooks.com
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ISSING SERIES
Found
Sent
Sabotaged
Torn
Caught
Risked
Revealed
Sought (an eBook original)
Rescued (an eBook original)
T
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HADOW
C
HILDREN
Among the Hidden
Among the Impostors
Among the Betrayed
Among the Barons
Among the Brave
Among the Enemy
Among the Free
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ALACE
C
HRONICLES
Just Ella
Palace of Mirrors
Palace of Lies
U
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KIN SERIES
Under Their Skin
In Over Their Heads
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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Names: Haddix, Margaret Peterson, author.
Title: Children of exile / Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Description: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] |
Summary: A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015031239| ISBN 9781442450035 (hardcover) |
ISBN 9781442450059 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Parent and childâFiction. | Science fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.H1164 Ch 2016 | DDC [Fic]âdc23
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