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Summary: Among the Hidden
Review: Have you ever heard of a shadow child? Well this book is pretty much about them. The book is called "Among the Hidden." It is written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The author of this book is very good at telling all of the information that you need to know about the characters and including all of the details in the plot and setting and just what is going on. Luke is one of the main characters he is about twelve or thirteen. He is one of the shadow children. A shadow child is the third child in every family.The population poloce do not allow a family to have a third child. So that is why they are called shadow childern because they hide so the population police do not find them. If the population police find them something awful will happen to them.Luke has two older brothers. Jenny is also another main character. For me to explain her in two words the two words would be "strong willed". She is willing to do anything to have the shadow children freed, so that they can go out in the day and have a fun like a normal child. Jenny is a third child also. One day Luke sees a girl in the window. It just happened to be Jenny but Luke didn't know her then. He was curious so he went over to Jennys house one day and that is how they met. Like I said Jenny is strong willed and she has planned a rally to free the shadow chirldren but it does not go too well. But Luke desides not to go with her. My personal opinion on this book is that it was kind of slow at first but later on in the book it get better.At first I didn't like the book. It got more interesting at the end. The reason I feel this way about the book is because I like books that have more of a catch in the beginning and not all the way in the end of the story. But otherwise the book was OK.
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Summary: Among the Hidden
Review: How would you like it if you didn't get to go out side or have any friends well thats what happened to Luke in the book Among the Hidden. Among the Hidden By Margaet Peterson Haddix. I have not read any other book about this author. The thing he did good was about him explaining about the book really good. For an example is when Luke has never went to school or went to a birthday party or a bunch of other things that normal people do. The story takes place at night in the woods. The main charteris Luke and he doesn't have any friends. One day Luke looked through the window and saw a girl in the next house over so he went over to the girls house to meet here and make friends. I though the book was very good and Interesting because all of the adventures and danger Luke has got into. This story is very cool. If you end up reading this book it will end up being your favorite book because it was for me.
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Summary: Among the Hidden
Review: Can you imagine hiding from civilization because you aren't supposed to be alive? Well, that is what Luke Garner the main character in Among the Hidden has to do. None of the families in this book are supposed to have more then two children. That is why Luke Garner, a third child, has to hide from the Population Police. Luke's "room" is the attic and that is where he is usually sent to hide. Luke has never rode in a car, gone to a store, or even been outside his own property. The Garners had a lot of land so Luke used to be able to play outside. But ever since rich Barons built houses around his, he has to stay up in the attic. One day, Luke is hiding in his room after everyone had left their houses. He sees a face in the window of his new neighbor's house. Luke finally gets the courage, after a lot of thought, to leave his house and go check if there really is someone that is in that supposedly empty house. Once inside the house he meets another third child named Jen. If you want to know what happens with Luke and Jen buy Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix. You won't regret it! This book starts out slow in the beginning but then gets really good. Among the Hidden keeps you reading because you want to know what happens. It is kind of an adventure, sad, unbelievable, unfair, and happy book all mixed together. I enjoyed it very much. It was a very good book, anyone would like it! There is also a sequel to Among the Hidden called Among the Impostors.
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Summary: Among the Hidden
Review: We have all been to school. But Luke has never been to school. We have all been to a birthday party or have a friend. Luke has never been to a birthday party or have a friend. He hasn't been outside for years. It's all because he is a third child. Luke is one of the shadow children in AMONG THE HIDDEN written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Luke has been hiding all is life from the Population Police. A third child is forbidden by the Popuation Police. Luke can't go outside right now because there building a housing development near their farm in the woods. Luke as been curious about the house next door because he saw a face in the window that looked like a girl, and the only children they have are just two boys. So Luke plans to go over there. He goes over there and meets the girl. It turns out that she's a third child, her name is Jen. The story takes place in the near future, because right now we don't have Population Police and they don't forbid a third child. It mainly takes place on a farm where Luke lives near the woods. The woods are getting destroyed because a new housing development is being built. AMONG THE HIDDEN was a great novel with a lot of suspense and action. You should purchase this book and you won't regret it. It has a surprising ending that will leave you breathe less.
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Summary: Among the Hidden
Review: Luke Garner has never left his house. It's not that he didn't want to. He would have loved to go out and meet people or go to school but he had to stay home because in this novel, AMONG THE HIDDEN, written by Margret Petterson Haddix, Luke lives in a world of hiding. When the woods surrounding Lukes house are cut down he is forced to hide all the time. Luke is the youngest of three children, which in this case is horrible. Before he was born the government passed a law that o family could have more than two children, which makes Luke and illegal third child. He stays up in his attic room all day watching the neighborhood through his tiny window. The story is set in what I think is just a few years ahead of the present in a new neighborhood filled with rich houses. Luke's family is poor so his ricktey old house sticks out on the otherwise-elegant street. On day after Luke has counted all 28 people in the neighborhood leave to go to school or work he sees a face. It is a child's face in the house next to his. The rest of the book is of Lukes curiosity to meet the face next door. I really liked this book for a lot of reasons. I liked the surprise ending and how the suspense held me through to the very end. I think it would be weird if there really was a Population Law and if children really had to hide. I would recommen this book to people who like RUNNING OUT OF TIME or LEAVING FISHERS, both written be Margret Peterson Haddix. Overall I thought this was a wonderful book and can't wait to read the sequel comming out in June.
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Summary: ¥ a very good and sad book ¥
Review: This book is very good but also very sad i even cryed [and I don't do that very often over books] it makes you want to slug the government in the noodle the're so cruel. Alas a very toching book.¥
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Summary: Pretty cool book
Review: This book was pretty interesting in terms of life in the future. It is very suspensful and it will keep you hooked. This book overall is a pretty sweet piece of work. This book is about a kid named luke. Luke is a third child and has a dad.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING!
Review: This is an outstanding book by Haddix. It shows the reality of the United States government, with its slowly changing state to toatalitarianism. Society has showed a great drop in conviction, or standing up for what they believe in, and this book shows the reality of it all. A population law was past, allowing only two children to be born for each family. The Population Police is started, which enforces the population law with great interest, because for every child captured...is a great reward for them. The whole resoning for this population law was because of a food famine in the U.S. which started riots and havock in cities throughout the country. This is a heart touching novel about a lonely boy who finds hope in a brave girl.
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Summary: Among the Hidden
Review: Shadow Child. Population Police. Hidden. Secret. All normal words to Luke, an illegal third child living in secret in the near future.It has finally happened. The world can not support itself as more and more babies are born everyday, adding to the ever-increasing popluation. So the government made a law: You may only have two children, one of the many ways they control your life. But what happens if you have MORE? What is life like for these "Shadow Children," hidden in the house, living life in constant fear that they will be discovered . . . and disposed of. Among the Hidden tells the story of Luke, who lives this life, and how his small step to show the world of the unfairness of this law changes his life, and the lives of those around him, forever. Luke enjoyed spying on the people of the housing deveopment next to his farm. Their coming restricted him from playing outside, so he had watched, first with anger, then with interest, the families moving in. He gave them names, activities, lives. But his spying uncovered a secret. For inside the house of the sports boys, he saw a young girl, peeking out the closed blinds of a darkened room. She was doing as he was. She was like him: a child in hiding. Taking a great risk, Luke went to meet her, and discovered her amazing plan: To hold a rally to bring forth awareness and hopefully acceptance of the Shadow Children. But Luke's strange world soon gets a horrible shock, forcing him to make the hardest decision of his life.
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Summary: Among the Hidden Book Review
Review: I thought Among the Hidden was a good book. In some places it got a little slow in parts but then it sped right back up. I would reccomend this book for a kid from ages 7-13
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