Morales’s office that night and search for clues on Kate’s phone and laptop. Morales’s 13-year-old daughter, Natalie, sneak into Ms. Desperate to solve the mystery, the kids, with the help of Ms. Morales, saying that she may never return. Things get even more strange when the children discover a text from their mother, intended for Ms. Also, one of Finn’s classmates says he saw Finn’s mother running out of a bank holding a bag, even suggesting that she robbed it. Morales’s extreme caution when picking them up from school. The kids are anxious when their mother doesn’t call the next day. Morales-a woman they barely know-will be watching them until she gets back. The next day, she announces that she has to go out of town on a business trip, and Ms. That night, Chess overhears his mother, uncharacteristically angry, on a phone call with a man named Joe, telling him, “You have to fix this. In a bizarre coincidence, the three kids have the same names and birthdays as the Greystones. One day, when they come home from school, the kids find their mother visibly upset, reading a news story about three kidnapped kids in Arizona, the Gustanos. But puzzling clues left behind lead to complex codes, hidden rooms, and a dangerous secret t.The Strangers tells the story of Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone who live in Ohio with their mother, Kate. Who, exactly, are these strangers?īefore Chess, Emma, and Finn can question their mom about it, she takes off on a sudden work trip and leaves them in the care of Ms.

The other kids share their same first and middle names. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom.īut everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they’re shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best-acting silly and being adored. Perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City of Ember! New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships.

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