Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Second in the "Missing" series, it lives up to my expectations. It will help if you know some Tudor Stewart history and/or a little about Shakespeare's Richard III. I can't even begin to imagine the problems Ms. Haddix faced in writing this book.

How can you be true to such a well know mystery of history, where the sides are passionate about what happened to the two princes in the tower? She manages to skirt a controversial issue and show Richard for probably what he really was, a devoted uncle faced with the possibility of throwing his beloved England into years of more war between the Lancasters and Plantaganets. Don't worry she doesn't go into this much detail; however, as my family will attest, I can bore you for hours on the topic of British monarchy.

Jonah and Chip are the first to take a peek into history and try to repair the problems caused by the baby thieves in book one. Although the mystery is not as good as the first book with the babies arriving suddenly at an empty gate at an airport, she does a great job of showing the challenges of 20th century kids in 15th century England.

This book is worth reading. I wonder where she is going next. They are tapped for their next mission at the end of this book.