The Missing: Book 1: Found

            The Missing: Found, by Margaret Peterson, is a great start to the series The Missing.  It is very mysterious and doesn't answer many questions.  That's what the rest of the series is for.  This book is just the one that asks the questions.  It is about adoptees, and others, that must find their way back to where they belong.  If they each don't find their way back, Time may fall apart.  It is a Sci-fi book that doesn't seem like one.  It is based on the fact that the main character Jonah and his friend Chip have no idea who they really are.  They eventually find thirty two other kids just like them.  The book ends with a cliff-hanger, so buy the second book before you finish this one.

            My one problem with this story is that it is more mystery than Sci-fi.  The entirety of the book is just them talking about a thing that they got.  They are pretty creative, but it's not like their getting anywhere.  Most of their theories are debunked at the end of the story.  This makes most of what they do pointless.  If just one of their theories was right, this story would be much better and not as pointless.

            As much as I don't like that, there is a reason for it.  The story of this book is just setting stuff up for the next one, and the author had to show how little they know.  In this series, my favorite character is Jonah's younger sister Katherine.  She is just so weird and she makes fun of Jonah a lot, and vice-versa.  She may not like Jonah that much, but she knows when to get serious and when to tease her older brother.  The rest of the books are called Sent, Sabotaged, Torn, and Caught.