Greystone Secrets #3: The Messengers
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- Author：Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Summary
In the dazzling conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix， the Greystones and their doubles， the Gustanos， must team up to save the alternate world--before both worlds are lost。 All secrets are revealed in this page-turning， suspenseful story that shows the importance of teamwork， telling your story， and taking action when it matters most。 Now available in paperback。
As book three of the Greystone Secrets series opens， the Greystone kids have their mother back from the evil alternate world， and so does their friend Natalie。 But no one believes the danger is past。
Then mysterious coins begin falling from unexpected places。 They are inscribed with codes that look just like what the Greystones' father was working on before he died。 And with the right touch， those symbols transform into words: PLEASE LISTEN。 And FIND US， SEE US， HELP US。 。 。 。
The coins are messengers， telling the Greystones and their allies that their friends in the alternate world are under attack--and that the cruel， mind-controlling forces are now invading the better world， too。
After another spinning， sliding journey across worlds， the Greystone kids must solve mysteries that have haunted them since the beginning: what happened when the Gustanos were kidnapped， what created the alternate world， and how a group of mismatched kids can triumph once and for all against an evil force that seems to have total control。
As book three of the Greystone Secrets series opens， the Greystone kids have their mother back from the evil alternate world， and so does their friend Natalie。 But no one believes the danger is past。
Then mysterious coins begin falling from unexpected places。 They are inscribed with codes that look just like what the Greystones' father was working on before he died。 And with the right touch， those symbols transform into words: PLEASE LISTEN。 And FIND US， SEE US， HELP US。 。 。 。
The coins are messengers， telling the Greystones and their allies that their friends in the alternate world are under attack--and that the cruel， mind-controlling forces are now invading the better world， too。
After another spinning， sliding journey across worlds， the Greystone kids must solve mysteries that have haunted them since the beginning: what happened when the Gustanos were kidnapped， what created the alternate world， and how a group of mismatched kids can triumph once and for all against an evil force that seems to have total control。
Reviews
ally
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the ending was so cringey 😭 every "plot twist" was very predictable， and the adults were so stupid it was annoying 😀 the ending was so cringey 😭 every "plot twist" was very predictable， and the adults were so stupid it was annoying 😀 。。。more
Susan
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Great end to a three book series！ Great ending！
Kim Gontarz
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The Greystone children have returned with their Mom and Natalie's Mom。 Coins with coded messages are appearing。 They are coming from the other world and saying that they need help。 What disaster is going to happen next？ Can things be righted and both worlds be able to live in peace？ What are the secrets that will give light to how the problems can be solved？ The Greystone children have returned with their Mom and Natalie's Mom。 Coins with coded messages are appearing。 They are coming from the other world and saying that they need help。 What disaster is going to happen next？ Can things be righted and both worlds be able to live in peace？ What are the secrets that will give light to how the problems can be solved？ 。。。more
Laura
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Completed the storyThe second book has more of a complete ending than the first。 This third book completes the story and wraps everything up。 It was ok but a little weird and nonsensical。 I'm glad the story was resolved but the resolution didn't make a ton of sense。 Completed the storyThe second book has more of a complete ending than the first。 This third book completes the story and wraps everything up。 It was ok but a little weird and nonsensical。 I'm glad the story was resolved but the resolution didn't make a ton of sense。 。。。more
Ashlyn
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I love this series so much！ This was a great way to end the series。 The ending of the book was amazing and I loved it so much。 I recommend this book to people who like mystery。
Katie Oglesby
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Actual rating 3。5。 I really like the other 2 in this series。 This one felt very slow， very repetitive and more juvenile than the other 2。 I understand these are young reader books but the focus of this book seems much much younger。 I love MPH but this seems as if it was written for number of pages and she needed to fill the story up。 I'm a little disappointed in this one。 Actual rating 3。5。 I really like the other 2 in this series。 This one felt very slow， very repetitive and more juvenile than the other 2。 I understand these are young reader books but the focus of this book seems much much younger。 I love MPH but this seems as if it was written for number of pages and she needed to fill the story up。 I'm a little disappointed in this one。 。。。more
Brittany Filopanti
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I absolutely adore this series！ This was everything I needed to read right now as a mom and as a sister。 I know how Emma felt this whole series wanting to figure everything out for her siblings。 I’m the middle child too so I get it。 I’m also a mom and know how Kate felt。 The willingness to do anything to keep your children safe is a strong impulse。 I think everyone should read this series and this final installment was amazing。
Charlotte
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Harder to follow for me than the first two books in this series。
Allie Jo Andersen
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This was a really nice end to the series！！ （Though I could see where there is a potential for more books haha 😉） It was interesting to see how the concept of two mirrored worlds interacted with one another， and it was fun to go on another adventure with Chess， Emma， and Finn。 I do wish that we had some more of Natalie in this one， since she was stuck back in the other world half the time， but with all the other characters who joined the journey I guess I can see why it would have been a little c This was a really nice end to the series！！ （Though I could see where there is a potential for more books haha 😉） It was interesting to see how the concept of two mirrored worlds interacted with one another， and it was fun to go on another adventure with Chess， Emma， and Finn。 I do wish that we had some more of Natalie in this one， since she was stuck back in the other world half the time， but with all the other characters who joined the journey I guess I can see why it would have been a little chaotic to add one more。 I also kinda wish the characters wouldn't constantly be explaining everything for the reader， like if there's some sort of hint at what a character （non-POV） is saying， the POV character would think， "She means the one in the other world。" Which got kinda annoying about part of the way through， but this could just be because the target audience is on the younger side。 😉But anyway， I did enjoy this book and hope that there may be a glimmer of hope for future books in this series。 🙃 。。。more
Jennifer
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Well。 the trilogy is over。 This last one， I found myself thinking over and over， ' Wow， that's pretty heavy handed'。 Yes， truth， honor and love。 We get it。 Well。 the trilogy is over。 This last one， I found myself thinking over and over， ' Wow， that's pretty heavy handed'。 Yes， truth， honor and love。 We get it。 。。。more
littlebug_booklover
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This was fabulous and so well written！ The finale to this series was fantastic and I positively loved the plot！ The ending was very satisfying， even if it left you with questions。 The characters were well developed and even though I couldn’t really connect with any of them， they were interesting nonetheless。 I’m glad I read this series， even if it wasn’t my favorite， because in it’s pages was another story of another’s life and I was so glad I got to live through it。
Sydney
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Greystone Secrets: The Messengers was a very exciting and suspenseful book。 I found it very entertaining and interesting。 There are many mystery's and twists。 This book kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it。 I love the relationship between the three Greystone siblings and how their personality's are so different but they are so close as a family。 I also really enjoyed the concept of an alternate world thought all three of the Greystone Secrets series。 As the final book Greystone Secrets: The Messengers was a very exciting and suspenseful book。 I found it very entertaining and interesting。 There are many mystery's and twists。 This book kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it。 I love the relationship between the three Greystone siblings and how their personality's are so different but they are so close as a family。 I also really enjoyed the concept of an alternate world thought all three of the Greystone Secrets series。 As the final book of the trilogy， I found some of the final explanations about the alternate world a little hazy and confusing， but overall this was a very good book and a very good ending to the series！ 。。。more
Lily
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Great conclusion to the series。
Aly
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This is a pretty cute series and I love the relationship among the siblings。 Finn is adorable， Emma is a borderline genius， and Chess is a good leader and big brother。 The alternate world with doubles of everyone is interesting and fun and I've enjoyed following the characters through the three books。 I didn't like this one quite as much as the others， maybe because the plot was similar to book two。 I still had a good time listening to it though and the narrator for these does a great job bringi This is a pretty cute series and I love the relationship among the siblings。 Finn is adorable， Emma is a borderline genius， and Chess is a good leader and big brother。 The alternate world with doubles of everyone is interesting and fun and I've enjoyed following the characters through the three books。 I didn't like this one quite as much as the others， maybe because the plot was similar to book two。 I still had a good time listening to it though and the narrator for these does a great job bringing the siblings to life。 This wraps up the series nicely， including Chess finally doing something about his crush on Natalie。 I hope Haddix writes another middle grade series after this！ 。。。more
Priscilla
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Meh。 This was a bit of a let-down for the whole series， but a solid ending nevertheless。 A good group of kids， but I don’t understand the introduction of all the new kids and the exclusion of Natalie after all of her characterization and importance in the two previous books？
LQ827
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I read this series with my 12 year old and I didn’t love it but my daughter liked the books。 I thought they were kind of boring and dragged on in parts。 I like the concept of mirrored worlds。 There were something’s I couldn’t make sense of…like why Mrs。 Greystone， Chess， Emma & Finn all had basically exact doubles in a family from the other world but yet the dad didn’t？ This is nit-picky but I also became annoyed by how many times the author used “they’d” or he’d” instead of mixing it up sometim I read this series with my 12 year old and I didn’t love it but my daughter liked the books。 I thought they were kind of boring and dragged on in parts。 I like the concept of mirrored worlds。 There were something’s I couldn’t make sense of…like why Mrs。 Greystone， Chess， Emma & Finn all had basically exact doubles in a family from the other world but yet the dad didn’t？ This is nit-picky but I also became annoyed by how many times the author used “they’d” or he’d” instead of mixing it up sometimes and using “they had”…I don’t know， it just seemed to get really repetitive after awhile。 All in all， I’m glad this series has come to an end。 。。。more
Slyth
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I kept getting confused when other characters were added， with their doubles and all this talk about coins （I honestly never want to hear that word again😂😭）。 The Messengers didn't hold my attention like the beginning titles， I contemplated dnfing but wanted to finish this series。 Otherwise it was a nice conclusion to this series。 This was kind of a dud compared to the flow of its first two books， so I was a little disappointed。 I kept getting confused when other characters were added， with their doubles and all this talk about coins （I honestly never want to hear that word again😂😭）。 The Messengers didn't hold my attention like the beginning titles， I contemplated dnfing but wanted to finish this series。 Otherwise it was a nice conclusion to this series。 This was kind of a dud compared to the flow of its first two books， so I was a little disappointed。 。。。more
Krista
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The Messengers is a showdown between two alternate worlds， one good， one less so。 Can good triumph over evil？ Do the Greystone kids have what it takes to bring peace to the worlds？This conclusion to the Greystone Secrets trilogy was a fun， quick read。 I love the Greystone kids， their personalities and their adventures。 That being said， this was probably the weakest of the three books。 The plot was okay， but not a whole lot happened。 We didn't get much of Natalie this time around， which was disap The Messengers is a showdown between two alternate worlds， one good， one less so。 Can good triumph over evil？ Do the Greystone kids have what it takes to bring peace to the worlds？This conclusion to the Greystone Secrets trilogy was a fun， quick read。 I love the Greystone kids， their personalities and their adventures。 That being said， this was probably the weakest of the three books。 The plot was okay， but not a whole lot happened。 We didn't get much of Natalie this time around， which was disappointing as I really enjoyed her character in the first two books。 The kids that helped the Greystone kids instead - Rocky， Kona and Kafi - were fun， but not nearly as developed character-wise。 Also there were some things that felt kinda brushed over and rushed in this book。 （view spoiler）[For example， at the end of the book， when suddenly our whole world knows about the other world without any explanation as to how they found out about it。 （hide spoiler）]Even though， the first two books in the trilogy were better The Messengers was still a good read and overall this is a really fun， well-written series。 。。。more
Sarah
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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️/ 5 I loved the first two books， but this one kind fell flat。 The final book went the way I expected。 It just wasn’t as mysterious and action packed like I typically read！
Marci
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It’s rare for every book in a series to be a five-star book。 I tore through this series and loved every mysterious turn。 So fun。
Elise
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Kind of a convoluted conclusion。 Felt like maybe the author bit off more than she could chew and didn't really know how to tie it up。 Also - where was Natalie？？？？ We spent the whole book separated from her and introduced some new characters to replace her who I didn't really care about。 Kind of a convoluted conclusion。 Felt like maybe the author bit off more than she could chew and didn't really know how to tie it up。 Also - where was Natalie？？？？ We spent the whole book separated from her and introduced some new characters to replace her who I didn't really care about。 。。。more
Kat
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The series is good， but the ending feels a little week。
Alisha
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I didn't like this book as much as the first two， but it was still fun。 The relationship that developed between the two worlds made zero sense to me and the "science" just got more and more whacky。 Still， I loved the characters and it explored some interesting themes。 Plus， my 8 year old loved it！ I didn't like this book as much as the first two， but it was still fun。 The relationship that developed between the two worlds made zero sense to me and the "science" just got more and more whacky。 Still， I loved the characters and it explored some interesting themes。 Plus， my 8 year old loved it！ 。。。more
Mya L
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Margaret Peterson Haddix is an author for kids and teens。 Her books have been honored with New York Times best seller status。 She has degrees in English/journalism， English/creative writing and history。 And before even writing The Greystone secrets series， she knew two girls who had the exact same first， middle， and last name and shared the same birthday only one year apart。 The Messengers is about the three Greystones Kids Chess， Emma， Finn， their mom， their friend Natalie， and the from the oth Margaret Peterson Haddix is an author for kids and teens。 Her books have been honored with New York Times best seller status。 She has degrees in English/journalism， English/creative writing and history。 And before even writing The Greystone secrets series， she knew two girls who had the exact same first， middle， and last name and shared the same birthday only one year apart。 The Messengers is about the three Greystones Kids Chess， Emma， Finn， their mom， their friend Natalie， and the from the other world the bad Greystones。 During this book the Greystones are on the run from people from the other world。 They found out about the bad Greystones Live by them so mom wants to talk to them。After talking for a long time they found out there are people from the other world that want to take over the real world。 So the Greystones and the others go to the world and see the coin master to see how the bad people are going to take over the real world。 They find out and they stop them and they all go back to the real world。 tIn the book each chapter views each kid point of view on how they think and what they are doing。 Chapter 4 is titled “Finn”， and talks about his perspective。 “Finn tucked himself between Mom’s leg and the door frame。” like that and there are more examples。 I think it's bizarre to think that there were ever two worlds and each had the same people in it， one good and bad。 I think Margaret Peterson Haddix is a good writer because of her topics and her good dialogue。 tI think this book is for kids and teens ages 10-13 because it is a long book and a little tough to read。 But it may be easy to read for others or hard for others。 This book was one of my favorites because it really made me think about the world and how weird it would be if there were two worlds。 。。。more
Michelle
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I almost DNFed this one。 The sociopolitical overtones that had been present in the other books became unbearable in this one。 It presented the problems and evils present in government and media without offering actual solutions。 This book felt bloated。 The dialogue dragged on and on。 The same thoughts and fears were repeated over and over。 It was depressing to read and I couldnt wait to be done with it。 And honestly the coins confused me so much。 Were they messages or teleportation devices or wa I almost DNFed this one。 The sociopolitical overtones that had been present in the other books became unbearable in this one。 It presented the problems and evils present in government and media without offering actual solutions。 This book felt bloated。 The dialogue dragged on and on。 The same thoughts and fears were repeated over and over。 It was depressing to read and I couldnt wait to be done with it。 And honestly the coins confused me so much。 Were they messages or teleportation devices or wards against lies？ While I think the world building and initial plot of book 1 was really interesting， the story just got more and more convoluted as the series went on and I didnt feel satisfied at the end， just annoyed and depressed。 。。。more
Jeremy Schmidt
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Amazing Book！I loved this book。 There was enough suspense， enough information， enough story at all times in the book！ Thank you to Margaret Peterson Haddix for this amazing book！
Sydney
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This book was a nice ending of the Greystone Secrets trilogy。
Molly ⛹🏼♀️
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Good， worst on the trio。
Ava
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For literally half the book I just skimmed and flipped through。 In every single chapter someone gets hypnotized by the TVs and then when they’re pulled away they’re like “oh my gosh！ You saved me！” It gets old very quickly。 It’s a weird add on to the first and second books。 It’s very childish。 The kids switch back and forth between being way too smart and being incredibly gullible。 It’s been down hill ever since the first book。
Lindsay
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