Into the Dim~ Reviewed by Hailey Hinrichs

"I scrambled for something- anything- to hold on to. But there was nothing. I was nothing. A microbe. A grain of sand on a beach surrounded by a dry ocean."

            Hope Walton has always been different then her adoptive father's family and their very southern life style, and so was her mother. Together they had faced 16 years together with each other trying to live in a world far different from themselves. But when Hope's mother was said to have died in a tragic earthquake, Hope is left completely broken and is left alone is this family of people far different from herself. When she is invited to go see her mother's family in Scotland, she takes the chance to try to learn about her mother. But what she finds is far from what she thought was even possible.

            When she arrives in Scotland, she learns from her aunt that her mother was part of a secret society of time-travelers and tat she is far from dead. After trying to find an opal necklace in the year 1154, she found herself stuck there. Hope then must join the Viators, a group of people known to her mother that is working to find her. But they only have 72 hours, and after entering through the Dim, Hope finds herself in a time of harsh politics and violence. Trying to find her way through a completely different time and working to not interfere with anything that can change time, Hope begins to wonder is she'll ever be able to find her mother.

            I really enjoyed this book so I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Time travel is different from what I've read in a while and it actually was a nice change! I loved the strong female characters in this book. It was especially interesting to see them back in the 12th century, since women were really just objects then and even rape sometimes wasn't even a crime. It was interesting seeing these strong women try to handle situations back then and not just backing down like most women did to avoid any abuse. Also, I loved that this quickly went into the action. I hate having to read through chapters and chapters of background information that I really don't care about. Luckily this book just gives you the details you need, then heads right into the action. I really liked this book and I would recommend this book to anyone who might be interesting in time-travel or just something different!



Found- Review by Aspen Gates

Found

Margaret Peterson

**** stars

Found is about this thirteen year old kid named Jonah who has known he's been adopted since he was little, but has never questioned why. That is until he receives a letter in the mail saying, "You are one of the missing." At first Jonah believes it's just some prank and ignores it until his new friend Chip is sent a letter saying the exact same thing. However, Chip didn't know he was adopted and now is more paranoid than ever to find out who sent the letters. Jonah on the other hand wants to forget about the hold thing and almost does until another letter is sent to him and Chip saying, "Beware! They're coming for you." Now Jonah is wondering where he, Chip, and thirty-four other kids really came from and why their cases are involved with the FBI. So Jonah, Chip and Jonah's little sister Katherine set out to solve a mystery that not only involves the FBI, but time travel, and people reappearing and disappearing. Will Jonah, Chip, and Katherine solve the mystery? And if they do will Jonah have to make a decision that will affect the lives not only of himself, but his sister Katherine and the rest of the 'Missing' kids? Read this novel to find out.

I thought this book was pretty good considering the age group. Plus I wasn't quite sure what the plot would be and that really gets my attention when the summary doesn't give hardly any real insight to what the story could be about. I gave this book four stars because although I was impressed with the story, I kind of felt that it was dragging in some areas, but I cannot wait to read Sent and Sabotaged which are the next two in The Missing series.