Use this biography of Margaret Peterson Haddix to answer questions 1-5.

1.   How old is Mrs. Haddix?
2.   What were the occupations of her father and mother?
3.   What are her children's names?
4.   When Mrs. Haddix married her husband, what was his job?
5.   The jobs Mrs. Haddix has had in her adult life were mostly in the field of medicine, newspaper, television, or restaurants?

6   This article says that Mrs. Haddix was a summa cum laude graduate of Miami University.  Use the dictionary to find out what this means.

7.  Mrs. Haddix's address has changed since this article was written.  She now lives in Powell, Ohio. Powell is just a bit north of Columbus, Ohio.  Use the atlas to find out if Mrs. Haddix lives on the northern edge, southern edge, eastern edge, western edge, or about the middle of Ohio?

Match the following Haddix titles with the correct book summary. (Write the book's title on the corresponding line.)  If you haven't read all of these books, you can click on the book's picture or its title and find a summary.

                
Among the   Don't you dare     Just Ella      Running out of    Turnabout     Leaving Fishers   The Girl with
Hidden            Read this,                                       Time                                                       500 Middle
                      Mrs. Dunphrey                                                                                                                     Names
 

 
8.   When Melly and Anny Beth are old women, there is an experiment being conducted that "unages" people.  They are given an injection which makes them grow younger, but the "cure" they have been promised (to stop them at any age they want to be as they grow younger) doesn't work, and they are growing back toward infancy.

9.  Tish Bonner has big problems at home.  She feels that her life is spinning out of control.  Keeping a journal about it all is a welcome but frightening outlet.

10.  An insecure teenager joins a religious cult after she moves to a small Ohio town.

11.  Luke is a third child,  and since having three children is against the law in his society, his family must not let anyone know he is alive.  But there are others living similar lives.

12.  Janie's family is having rough times financially and she wants to help.  Her belief in her family enables her to risk embarrassment.

13.  The main character thinks she has met her Prince Charming, but it turns out that he is not everything she thought he would be.

14.  Jessie thinks she is living in the 1840's, but when her mother sends her out on a mission from her community, she discovers it is really 1996.  Other people are depending on her dangerous mission.

In some of Mrs. Haddix's biographical information, she tells what gave her the idea for a couple of her books.
15.  What gave her the idea for Running out of Time?
16.  What gave her the idea for Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey?

17.  Margaret Peterson Haddix has written two books that are yet to be published this year.  Take a look at Among the Impostors and see what it is about.  Write a one-line summary.

18.    Also go to  Takeoffs and Landings.   When is this book to be published?

19.  and 20.   Write two questions you would like to ask Mrs. Haddix when she comes to our school.