  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 04/01/2017 In Under Their Skin (2015), twins Nick and Eryn learned a shocking secret about the nature of their soon-to-be stepsiblings: they’re robots. Now they, Ava and Jackson, and both sets of parents are on the run, out in the woods, trying to conceal the fact that almost everyone in the world over the age of 12 is a robot. At the worst possible moment, they run into an odd child, Lida Mae, whose family has been existing out of the loop for decades. Is she human or robot? Whose side is she on? Those are just two of the many questions that come at the kids like snow in a blizzard. In fact, they do find themselves in a blizzard—and that’s the least of their problems. 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. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: An author tour ought to help keep Haddix’s considerable fan base on the hook for this series. - Copyright 2017 Booklist. Loading...
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