Review of Caught Missing Series #5 by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Caught

           I have to say out of the five books I have read of the Missing Series this one (So Far) is my favorite! In the last novel Second really screws up time by splitting it in half. So naturally, Jonah and Katherine must save the day again. I honestly find it ironic that they are saving the day but yet their time travels send them away for great lengths of time. I enjoyed this book because of the time frame it is in Jonah and Katherine go back to 1903 to rescue 21st century, Emily, who happens to actually be Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl. 

Einstein is not thinking about the right things in 1903 he has found out that time split in 1611 and if Jonah and Katherine don't act fast Einstein will not create the ideas he is supposed to in 1903 ruining time even more. Their problems do not end there, Lieserl, has scarlet fever in 1903 and is in danger of dying. JB also happens to be trapped in a time hollow unable to help Jonah and Katherine at all. As if Jonah and Katherine do not have enough problems to fix already Albert's wife Mileva has discovered that Jonah and Katherine are not from 1903 as she starts to unravel the mystery of time travel! 

These challenges are what made for such a good novel in the series. I appreciate the fact that Haddix allowed for someone in the past to find out about time travel. I believe this decision has led to the overall benefit of the series. It also helped that she threw in a major plot twist by JB being Mileva and Einstein's son as well! I got a kick out of this information and it was a wonderful ending to the book in my opinion. As for time this means that everything that they know is not the case anymore. Does time follow fate or a person's free will? 

I look forward to continuing this series after reading Caught. I would recommend this series to anyone from middle school to adults that enjoy young adult fiction. This series mixes history with sci-fi for a wonderful combination. I will have my next review over book #6 Risked coming soon!

                                                        Until next time, Emmy

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