Among the Hidden

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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?

Publisher ‏ : ‎ S&S Books for Young Readers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2000
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0689824750
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0689824753
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 – 12 years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.4 x 7.62 inches
Book 1 of 7 ‏ : ‎ Shadow Children
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 – 7
Best Sellers Rank: #4,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #99 in Fantasy for Children #195 in Children’s Action & Adventure Books (Books) #230 in Children’s Literature (Books)
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