Is Underground

By Joan Aiken

Book Overview

The Children Of London Are Vanishing No one knows why, so Is Twite, younger sister of Dido Twite (from Dido and Pa and Nightbirds on Nantucket), sets out to discover the whereabouts of Arun, her cousin, and Davie, the king's only son -- both missing. Is soon finds herself aboard a secret midnight train heading north to Playland, a place of fun and frolic and dancing every night, or so they say.... Instead of fun, Is is heading straight into horrible, horrible danger...and exciting, terrifying adventure! From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385308981
• ISBN13: 9780385308984
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Visit Playland

In the book Underground, the main character Is tries to find her missing cousin, Arun, in the city of London. She later finds out that more than half of the children are gone and they are going to a place called Playland. I liked this book a lot since I thought most of the clues were different and more clever than other types of mysteries. The book was also easy to read for me which makes the book a lot better. I don't usually read a lot of mysteries , but compared to the ones I did read this book is just as good. I would give this book a 5 out of 5, or 5 stars in this case.

a growing family

Good book, picking up from the earlier Dido and Simon pieces. Is is Dido's younger half sister, first mentioned, i beleive in Dido and Pa. Did sends her to stay with thier mutual sister Penelope but obviously she is a younger version of Dido, and gets into equally interesting adventures. The consequences of the ending of this book are rather heavy for Dido's friend Simon as becomes clearer in a later work.

Missing Pieces...

I really love Joan Aiken's books, especially the Wolves chronicles. This book is a fantastic adventure story/mystery, just like all the rest. I am puzzled, though, as to the relationship between Dido and Is. Sometimes they are referred to as sisters, sometimes Dido claims to be the youngest in her family, and in a review for "Dido and Pa", she is said to belong to Penelope, though she never calls her mother. I can't find Dido and Pa because it is out of print, does anyone know anything about the backstory about Is?