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The School for Whatnots (eBook, ePUB)

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From master of suspense author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes another page-turning stand-alone adventure perfect for fans of Cog and Bad Magic.
No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real.
That's what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard.
He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He'd know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote itand what it meansremains a mystery.
Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about whatnot rules.
But why would Max ever think that Josie wasn't real? And what are whatnots?
As Max sets to uncover what happened to Josieand what she is or isn'tlittle does he know that she's fighting to find him again, too. But there are forces trying to keep Max and Josie from ever seeing each other again. Because Josie wasn't supposed to be real.
This middle grade thriller from Margaret Peterson Haddix delves into the power of privilege, the importance of true friendship, and the question of humanity and identity. Because when anyone could be a whatnot, what makes a person a real friendor real at all?
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Margaret Peterson Haddix

Haddix, Margaret PetersonMargaret Peterson Haddix, geboren 1964, wuchs auf einer Farm in der Nähe von Washington Courthouse, Ohio auf, wo ihre Familie schon seit dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert lebt.Nach ihrem Studium an der Miami University of Ohio 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.