Among The Hidden
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1)
Among The Hidden
Cliff Nielsen, Margaret Peterson Haddix
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from Margaret Peterson Haddix.Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows -- does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Luke lives in a society where he is illegal. The reason he is illegal is that the law only permits two children, but Luke is his parents third. He must live his life hiding in fear from the Population Police. This is what Luke's life is like until he meets Jen, another third child. She does all that she can to get rid of the law, and she is willing to take chances. Eventually, Luke must choose whether he wants to involve himself in her plot.

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