The Missing Books in Order
Part ofMargaret Peterson Haddix Books in OrderFollow The Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix in order, with book summaries, series background, and guidance on how each time travel adventure links to real history.
Last updated: January 17, 2026
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Publication Order
12 books
Redeemed
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2015
In the final Missing novel, Jonah, his twin Jordan, and their friends face the fallout of an experiment that has un aged the adults around them, forcing them to confront the mastermind behind the time kidnappings and decide what future they want.
Revealed
by Margaret P. Haddix
2014
Revealed
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2014
Jonah’s life shatters when everyone in his town suddenly un ages into teenagers and he alone stays the same. As time agencies and villains collide, he finally learns his true identity and must decide how far he will go to protect both his families.
Rescued
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2014
Set between Risked and Revealed, this ebook story follows Jonah as he and Katherine scramble to save a pair of time displaced kids, proving that even a “fixed” timeline can hide unfinished business and unexpected second chances.
Sought
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2013
This short Missing adventure finds Jonah and Katherine chasing a mysterious distress call from the time stream, where an endangered child and a reckless projectionist force them to choose between cleaning up old mistakes and creating new ones.
Risked
by Margaret P. Haddix
2013
Risked
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2013
Jonah and Katherine travel to 1918 Russia to return Alexei and Anastasia Romanov to history, only to face the brutal reality of the revolution and a paradox: recorded history says the royal children died, yet their mission is to save them.
Caught
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2012
A glitch sends Jonah and Katherine to 1903, straight into Albert Einstein’s cramped apartment just as news arrives that his hidden daughter Lieserl is gravely ill. Their mission quickly tangles with family secrets and the dangerous power of time travel.
Torn
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2011
Jonah and Katherine land on Henry Hudson’s ship in the icy Arctic, where mutiny is brewing and history says everyone will be abandoned. To protect time, they must decide how much they can interfere without dooming Hudson or themselves.
Sabotaged
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2010
A routine mission goes wrong when Jonah and Katherine escort Andrea, really Virginia Dare, to sixteenth century Roanoke and end up stranded themselves, battling storms, sabotage, and a rogue time traveler to keep the lost colony’s fate on track.
Sent
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2009
Jonah and Katherine follow their friends back to 1483 London and discover Chip and Alex are really the princes in the Tower, destined to die, and they must find a way to “fix” history without sacrificing the boys they came to save.
Found
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2008
Thirteen year old Jonah has always known he was adopted, but anonymous letters and a vanished airplane full of babies reveal he is part of a time travel conspiracy, forcing him and his sister into a fight to repair history.
Series background & context
The Missing series takes a classic time travel hook and gives it a middle grade twist. Thirty six infants, all of them future famous or historically important children, were stolen out of their own eras by smugglers from the future and accidentally left in the twenty first century to be adopted. Thirteen years later, adopted boy Jonah and his sister Katherine discover that he and his new friend Chip are two of those “missing” kids, and that history is starting to crack around them. (en.wikipedia.org)
Across the main novels, Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and other allies are sent back to repair key historical moments. One book strands them with the princes in the Tower of London, another ties them to Roanoke and the lost colony, others drop them onto Henry Hudson’s doomed ship, into Albert Einstein’s family drama, and alongside the Romanov children in 1918. Each mission asks what it would really mean to “fix” history when the recorded version includes betrayal, shipwreck, or execution. (en.wikipedia.org)
Shorter ebook stories like Sought and Rescued fill in gaps between the main volumes, showing side trips and near misses that ripple into the final books. Together the series weaves a big arc about who controls time travel, how much power a single change can have, and whether kids like Jonah get any true choice in the roles adults have assigned them.
On this page we map out the reading order, explain which real historical figures appear in each volume, and give spoiler light context so you can decide how much to read before you hand these to younger readers. If you are tracking Jonah’s personal story, we also point out when key revelations about his own identity finally land and how they reshape the stakes for the rest of the series.
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