And there’s Chess, the oldest at 12, who remembers the most about their life when their father was alive, and he is the most emotional. In this second book “The Deceivers,” she’s determined to solve the mystery of their mother’s letter to them, written in code. Emma is ten, and she’s a genius at solving problems. The main characters are the children from two families, the Greystone children: Finn, the youngest of the family is only eight years old, but he’s brave and thoughtful. In the first book, “ The Strangers,” Haddix creates an alternate world with two families who are thrown into chaos when the worlds collide. You can’t write the ending, but there needs to be some kind of closure, and yet you have to make sure that the readers are involved enough to want to know what’s going to happen next. It’s tough to write a second book in a series that has more than two books. You can learn more about her at Peterson Haddix is truly the queen of series writing. Her books have been honored with numerous state readers' choice awards and the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award, and they’ve been translated into more than twenty languages.

Margaret Peterson Haddix has written more than forty books for kids and teens. What if she’s gotten so used to lying she no longer knows what to believe? About the Author With everything spiraling out of control, Finn has to pretend he’s okay.And for Natalie, the lies of the other world include some she wishes were actually true. Despite all her brains, Emma can’t seem to break the code. Morales, their friend Natalie’s mom.Now the four kids-brave Chess, smart Emma, kind Finn, and savvy Natalie-are determined to rescue everyone.To do so, they have to go back: into the other world, where even telling the truth can be illegal.But in such a terrifying place, Chess doubts he can ever be brave enough. Their mother tried to fix it, but she and an ally got trapped there along with Ms. It’s a mirror image, except things are wrong. Until their mother vanished, the Greystone kids-Chess, Emma, and Finn-knew nothing about the other world.Everything is different there. This middle grade thriller from the master of suspense, Margaret Peterson Haddix, continues the twisty and suspenseful story of the Greystone kids and examines the power of the truth-or a lie-to alter lives, society, and even an entire reality. In The Deceivers, the second book in the Greystone Secrets series by bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the three Greystone siblings and their friend Natalie Morales go to the alternate world, a place where truth is illegal, to rescue their mothers.

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