Author
Margaret Peterson Haddix
4 books here
Among the Barons
Middle grade · ages 9–12 · 730L · 2008
A genuinely thoughtful dystopian premise for middle grade — the moral stakes are real without being melodramatic, and the plot escalates in ways that reward careful readers.
Among the Imposters (Shadow Children #2)
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 730L · 2002
A genuine page-turner that uses sci-fi constraint (surveillance, forced conformity) to explore what it means to be honest when truthfulness is dangerous — more sophisticated than the first book.
Moonleapers
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · 720L · 2025
Haddix delivers a tight, genuinely puzzling space mystery with real stakes and smart kids who earn their solution—not as clever as Shadow Children but more fun than educational.
Among the enemy
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 760L · 2006
The darkest, most politically sophisticated book in the series—Matthias sent *into* the enemy's school makes the moral complexity sting; strong for kids ready to untangle propaganda from truth.