Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003-01-08
Among the Betrayed (Reprint)
Among the Betrayed (Reprint)
Shadow Children, Aladdin Fiction, and Shadow Children Books
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Nina Idi has been arrested for falsely accusing some classmates of being illegal third children--a capital crime in their society. Now she is being asked to betray others--or risk being executed.
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Book Details
Book Details
Age Range • 9-14
Pages • 156
Subjects • Betrayal • Conduct of life
Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
What does it mean to save yourself?
Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.
The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not....
Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.
The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not....
