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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000-01-03

Among the Hidden (Reprint)

Among the Hidden (Reprint)

Shadow Children and Shadow Children Books

Margaret Peterson Haddix, Author

Cliff Nielsen, Illustrator

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9780689824753

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Government regulations limit families to two children each, so Luke, an illegal third-born, must live his life in secret, hidden in his family's farmhouse. Then he joins Jen, another "shadow child," for a chance to come out into the light.
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A gripping dystopian narrative that provokes reflection on freedom, identity, and moral courage. The protagonist’s secret life in the shadows reveals how even the smallest act of resistance can shape the future.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Conviction • Courage • Critical Thinking • Family • Fantasy • Freedom • General • General (see also headings under Social Themes) • Identity • Injustice • Juvenile Fiction • Perspective • Responsibility • Self-Discovery • Strategy

Readability • 5.1

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 160

Subjects • Social isolation • Population • Totalitarianism • Science fiction

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)

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?

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