The Missing: Torn

By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rating: 3 3/4 stars


In Book 4 of The Missing series, Katherine and Jonah have been hurtled through time from the year 1600 where their friends Andrea, Brendan and Antonio were stranded to the year 1611 aboard Henry Hudson's ship Discovery on its ill-fated voyage searching for the Northwest Passage.  Jonah must take on the guise of John Hudson, Henry's son, and help fix history again...but this time, he and Katherine are on their own as the Elucidator stops working and then the only person they find who can help them is the evil Second, who started all the trouble!  Second tells them if the pair helps him, then he can help them save their friends.  Can Jonah and Katherine stop time from unraveling?  Can they stop Second in his tracks?  And will they ever get out of time traveling and make it home?  Fans of the series will be intrigued by this new entry, and hope that there will be more to come down the road.