Jonah, Chip, and Jonah’s sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an airplane that appeared out of nowhere - and people who seem to appear and disappear at will. The first one says, “You are one of the missing.” The second one says, “Beware! They’re coming back to get you.” Then he and a new friend, Chip, who’s also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters. Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he’s never thought it was any big deal. Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (FL).Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award.Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title. A Junior Library Guild premier selection, 2008.
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