Brothers and sisters Robots Science fiction Family secrets Twins Secrets Extinction (Biology) Human beings
ALA/Booklist
As in the previous book, there are cliff-hangers in every chapter, and the tension builds to a fever-pitch conclusion. Indeed, so much comes at the reader, it is sometimes hard to keep the story straight, but there’s no stopping until the heart-pounding conclusion.
Kirkus
Haddix delivers her beleaguered-family-against-the-world plot (familiar from other series) in multiple perspectives, alternating the third-person narration among the four principals. Lida Mae’s Kentucky holler–style vocabulary veers toward the extreme (“you’uns” crops up), but she does add some local color and style. Patented Haddix adventure.
