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Rosi must decide what she's willing to risk to save her family-and maybe even all of humanity-in the thrilling first novel of a brand-new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author, Margaret Peterson Haddix.
For the past twelve years, adults called "Freds" have raised Rosi, her younger brother Bobo, and the other children of their town, saying it is too dangerous for them to stay with their parents, but now they are all being sent back. Since Rosi is the oldest, all the younger kids are looking to her with questions she doesn't have the answers to. She'd always trusted the Freds completely, but now she's not so sure.
And their home is nothing like she'd expected, like nothing the Freds had prepared them for. Will Rosi and the other kids be able to adjust to their new reality?
About the author
Margaret Peterson Haddix, geb. 1964, wuchs mit ihren drei Geschwistern auf einer Farm in Ohio auf. Nach ihrem Studium arbeitete sie in verschiedenen Bereichen: als Journalistin bei einer Tageszeitung in Indianapolis, Dozentin an einem College und als freie Journalistin in Danville, Illinois. Heute schreibt sie sehr erfolgreich Kinder- und Jugendbücher und lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihren zwei Kindern in Columbus, Ohio. Für ihr literarisches Werk wurde sie in den USA mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet.
Summary
Rosi must decide what she’s willing to risk to save her family—and maybe even all of humanity—in the thrilling first novel of a brand-new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author, Margaret Peterson Haddix.
For the past twelve years, adults called “Freds” have raised Rosi, her younger brother Bobo, and the other children of their town, saying it is too dangerous for them to stay with their parents, but now they are all being sent back. Since Rosi is the oldest, all the younger kids are looking to her with questions she doesn’t have the answers to. She’d always trusted the Freds completely, but now she’s not so sure.
And their home is nothing like she’d expected, like nothing the Freds had prepared them for. Will Rosi and the other kids be able to adjust to their new reality?
