Among the Barons (Shadow Children)

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Summary: Among the Barons
Review: Among the Barons
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Reviewed by: J. Fujii
Period: 5

Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix is the fourth book in the series of shadow books. The book is about a third child named Luke Gardner who gets a fake i.d. to become Lee Grant. Luke attends Hendricks School for Boys. After six months, Lee's real brother, Smits, goes to Luke's school. Smits arrives at Hendricks in a limo and he has a bodyguard named Oscar. Luke shows his "brother" Smits around Hendricks. Smits acts like the schoool which is a special school for the barons class isn't fancy. Smits tries to get Oscar fired because Smits doesn't want a bodyguard. Smits starts a fire in Hendricks and blames Oscar. After the fire, Luke finds two fake i.d. cards. They cause him to wonder who they belong to. In the meantime, Smits, Luke and Oscar go home to the Grants' house because the Grants say that want to watch over their children. Luke meets Mr. and Mrs. Grant and goes to Lee's room which is clean and very organized. Around midnight, the Grants talk to Luke about staging his death as Lee because the Grants are being blackmailed for Lee's illegal activities. On that same night, Oscar wakes up Luke and tells him about a secret resistance force that is fighting against the Barons. The Grants die when a huge chandelier falls on them. Luke then takes Smits home to his own family and Smits begins to live with Luke's family.
I enjoyed this book because I like science fiction. I also liked this book because it had some humor. A humorous line is when a boy said, "The new boy brought 4 suitcases, his own computer and a giant TV."
I also liked this book because it keeps you reading. For instance, when Oscar says, "Watch out for the chandelier," it made me want to keep reading to find out what was going to happen with the chandelier. The author made me want to read on and it was surprising to find out what happens next to Luke.
My favorite part of the story was when Smits comes to Hendricks. I liked this part because Smits was a man in a boys' body because he acted like a businessman. It was also my favorite part because of all the rumors being spread about Smits such as his reported gourmet meals being sent in from a restaurant in a city 1 hour away from the school.

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Summary: Among the Barons
Review: Among the Barons
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Reviewed by: J. Fujii
Period: 5

Among the Barons by Margaret Peterson Haddix is the fourth book in the series of shadow books. The book is about a third child named Luke Gardner who gets a fake i.d. to become Lee Grant. Luke attends Hendricks School for Boys. After six months, Lee's real brother, Smits, goes to Luke's school. Smits arrives at Hendricks in a limo and he has a bodyguard named Oscar. Luke shows his "brother" Smits around Hendricks. Smits acts like the schoool which is a special school for the barons class isn't fancy. Smits tries to get Oscar fired because Smits doesn't want a bodyguard. Smits starts a fire in Hendricks and blames Oscar. After the fire, Luke finds two fake i.d. cards. They cause him to wonder who they belong to. In the meantime, Smits, Luke and Oscar go home to the Grants' house because the Grants say that want to watch over their children. Luke meets Mr. and Mrs. Grant and goes to Lee's room which is clean and very organized. Around midnight, the Grants talk to Luke about staging his death as Lee because the Grants are being blackmailed for Lee's illegal activities. On that same night, Oscar wakes up Luke and tells him about a secret resistance force that is fighting against the Barons. The Grants die when a huge chandelier falls on them. Luke then takes Smits home to his own family and Smits begins to live with Luke's family.
I enjoyed this book because I like science fiction. I also liked this book because it had some humor. A humorous line is when a boy said, "The new boy brought 4 suitcases, his own computer and a giant TV."
I also liked this book because it keeps you reading. For instance, when Oscar says, "Watch out for the chandelier," it made me want to keep reading to find out what was going to happen with the chandelier. The author made me want to read on and it was surprising to find out what happens next to Luke.
My favorite part of the story was when Smits comes to Hendricks. I liked this part because Smits was a man in a boys' body because he acted like a businessman. It was also my favorite part because of all the rumors being spread about Smits such as his reported gourmet meals being sent in from a restaurant in a city 1 hour away from the school.

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Summary: Among the Barons
Review: Among the Barons didn't disappoint me. It was one of the best in the Shadow Children series. It was so much more suspenseful and especially the ending was gripping. There was more danger and action. I didn't like Smits though, he was too whiny. The barons make me angry because people are starving and they just throw their extra food away! Most of the book was really good though! I really liked it and I plan to read the other books in the series.

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Summary: Sure Story to make your mind ponder!
Review: Among the Barons is the fourth book in the series of Among the Hidden, Among the Imposters, and Among the Betrayed. This book is about an illegal third child named Luke. Luke takes the idenity of a boy named Lee, who had recently passed away.Posing as a different person, Luke must deal with a new family that has many issues.Luke faces many unexpected obstacles throughout the book, and goes through daring attempts to keep his true idenity unknown.
I really liked this book, for it was filled with excitement and anticipation of what would happen next. New twists were thrown throughout the story to keep your attention at all times.
Though i throughly enjoyed this story, I was disappointed how it ended. The previous books of this series had a well ended story, answering all questions possible in the readers mind. Among the Barons, however, felt like a cliff-hanger to me. There were a lot of questions left pondering in my mind as to what would happen next to the characters. Despite the ending, anyone who loves mysterious and adventuresome, will love Among the Barons!

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Summary: Shadow Children Saga Continues
Review: Among the Barons is the fourth book in the story of the Shadow Children. It is set during a period in which only two children are allowed in each family. Luke is a third child. He eventually has to sneak away from his home and go to a school where there are other third children. He survives his time there and now has to be Among the Barons. The Barons are the ones who made the law about only having two children. He is now living in the home of a Baron. The family has many problems and Luke doesn't know who to trust. During all of the obstacles he has to face during this time, he also has to always remember to keep his real identity a secret. The book keeps you wondering what will happen next.
Overall, I have enjoyed all of the books in this series, especially the first one, Among the Hidden. Among the Barons definitely kept you guessing as to what was going to happen to Luke and the Baron family, However, the ending was a disappointment. There are a lot of unanswered questions about Luke. It didn't feel as if the story was concluded. The central plot was not strong. I sometimes wondered how the story went from one scene to the next. I thought that the story needed to refer to back to Nina and the Population Police more, because that was the story line that started the whole series.
Overall, the book deserves three stars. I would recommend it to others who have started reading the series because there is a lot of excitement and suspense.

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Summary: My Review on 1 of the greatest books ever!!!
Review: Haddix has herself an incredibly compelling series that will hook anybody from the start! In this one Luke has a surprise when the brother of Lee Grant (Luke's assumed name) arrives at the school. Luke learns that Lee Grant was actually a Baron and not only that, Lee's family is one of the most influential families in the whole country.

Luke's brother (Smits) acts very aristocratic, demanding special meals and treatment and he walks around the school with a bodyguard. Luke learns that Smits is not all he seems to be and behind the veil is a troubled youth, missing his real brother (Luke learns that the real Lee Grant was killed by the goverment while skiing). Things really get topsy-turvy for Luke when he is suddenly called home with Smits to the aristicratic parents of Smits and Lee. Luke who has lived in fear all his life, now must face something totally unknown. How can he pretend to be an aristocrat when he has lived in hiding as a poor person his whole life? Won't everybody know he really isn't Lee? The tension for Luke is high.

Another great read by Haddix that keeps you clamoring for the next installment!

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Summary: Great book, as they all have been so far...
Review: Okay, I just finished reading this book, it was really great. And Im getting sad that there is only 1 more book left to the serious, I wonder if it will go on from then.. anyways, This book has to be one of the best, it introduced more of the outside world and showed more characters.. such as Smits.. I personally favored him ;) And this story took attention *People like me usually dont like to read, but these *Shadow Children* books are like me with the harry potter books, they make me want to read them.... they are that good.. If you like adventure, suspense, and action all in one this book is for you.. (If you loved the first 2, you'll love this one!)

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Summary: Among the Barons
Review: The book Among the Barons is the fouth book in a series about a boy named Luke. Luke is the third child in his family, making him illegal under the laws of his day. He is living at Hendrick's School for Boys under the fake I.D. of Lee Grant. There are lots of other third children at Hendricks, all with fake I.D.'s.
In this book, Luke (Lee)'s "brother", Smithfield Grant, comes to Hendrick's. Smithfield (a.k.a Smits) is a real member of the very rich Grant. Eventually, Lee and Smits are taken back to the Grant house due to dangerous happenings at the school, although Luke has no idea why the Grants want anything to do with him after ignoring him for months before. Soon, Luke finds out that he is just a pawn in the Grant's game for more power and money, and they plan to stage his death, and send him back into hiding from the Government, like he did before he got his fake I.D.
Among the Barons is a very good book, but the first three in the series should be read first for full understanding. It also probably shouldn't be read be little kids because of some 'scary' element (fires, people being killed, etc.).