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Summary: about a 3rd child during a 2 child maximum law
Review: I think this is a very good book. We read it in my class and I really enjoyed it.
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Summary: Its a very book, one of the best ones i have read in my life
Review: I thought that this book was one of the best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy books i have ever read. I don't usually like to read books, but i thought that this one was a really good book. -Meg Gietzen
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Summary: I Really Enjoyed The Book, Among The Hidden.
Review: Among The Hidden is a well written book by Margret P. Haddix. The book makes a realistic picture of an over-populated world and the ignorance of leaders today. If anyone gets the chance to read an interesting sci-fi book I recomend, Among The Hidden, by Margret P. Haddix. -J. Sebastian:)
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Summary: A Great and Exciting Cliffhanger
Review: The government just set a new law that every family can only have two children because of a shortage of food. The Gardner family has a 3rd child (also called a shadow child) named Luke. Luke has to stay hidden all of his life. He can't go to school go shopping or do anything else that we take for granted. Luke spies on the family living in the house across from his and he knows that the family already has two boys. After everyone from the family left one day he sees a girl's face in the window. He finds out that he is not the only shadow child. Read the book to see what happens when he goes over to her house and they become good friends
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Summary: An intriguing futuristic view of society and its concerns
Review: It is now the future, and for any third child in this society, it is not a good time in which to be living. The Population Police have the task of strictly enforcing the law--only two children per family. A famine had occurred, resulting in near starvation for many and widespread conflict. Enter the Population Police and their new tactics to solve the problem--population control and a stiff fine for anyone not following the two child rule.But the Garner Family has a third child, a shadow child, who is Luke. Life is very unpleasant for Luke--he must be kept hidden at all costs. He cannot be a "normal" child. Luke cannot attend school, play outside, or make any movement inside the house, as the Population Police is always on the lookout for violators. But then one day in the housing development across from his farm house, he sees a shade being lifted and a face appearing in the window. Soon Luke's life will change and he will need to make a decision as to whether to challenge this totalitarian regime, and learning the meaning of "free".
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Summary: Among The Hidden
Review: I thought this was a great book. It's about a boy named Luke. He is an illegal third child in a community where you are only allowed to have two or less children. Instead of normal police, they have population police. If a third child like Luke gets caught, they have to take them away from their family, and kill them, then pretend like it never happened. So luke's goal is to stay away from the population police and everyone else except his family. Then he finds out that his neighbors who have been there for a while, also have a third child. Then secretly he sneaks over to her house during the day because everyone is at work. They eventually become meet and become friends.His barrier to stay hidden is his parents. They feel bad that he has to stay hidden so they do something about it.
This book is character driver. I know this because most book is based on Luke hiding. About his goal of not being found. The other part is him trying to find out who the other child is, because he has never seen anyone but his family.
I really enjoyed reading this book, I wouldn't even mind reading it again. It is different because it has a strange goal. Instead of Luke trying to find or get something. He is trying to not be seen to keep his goal. I thought it was very well written.
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Summary: a great book!
Review: In a future where the government enforces a strict policy of allowing only 2 children to a family, illegal third child luke garner must lead a secretive and cocealed life in his family home and the surrounding wood. But soon his life becomes even more secretive when a housing development is built across from his house, and his parents, fearing for his safety, restrict him only to the confines of his home. Following the exploits of luke as he longs for freedom and a better life, this book is exciting interesting, and a heart pounding page-turner without much even happening. In fact, the plot is so simple it could be paraphrased into ashort story; but that is th beauty of the book, how the author wraps you into this frightening reality and portrays luke's feeling with such skill and description that the bookeasily recieves five stars from me.
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Summary: Review on Among the Hidden
Review: I read this book today and for the first time am suggesting that prents and teachers think carefully and preread this book before deciding to use it with children younger than 12. The themes are well worth discussing but my 9 year old reads Dickens yet this is inappropriate for her based on content. Among the themes raised by the book are the following:infanticide, mass murder, totalitarian government, subterfuge, and complete isolation . This was recommended as a candidate for a youth book club and will not be used for the suggested age range as the content while worthy of consideration is not appropriate for 9 or 10 year olds unable to comprehend the enormity of the issues raised in the book. Many contemporary educators and librarians fail to look beyond the readability of a text and ask the harder questions about content and age appropriate themes-I urge you to do so before jumping on the bandwagon and sharing this well written yet fairly adult book with those too young to appreciate and understand it.
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