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Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Review by Nick DiFranco      The title of the book I read is Among the Hidden. It was written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is about a young boy who is a third child, which are outlawed by the Population Police. He lives in a house with his family without any nearby neighbors. Then one day construction workers begin to build houses. Luke knows he can't be seen, so he has to remain hidden in his house where no one can see him. The genre of this book is fiction.
     The setting of this story is in a country side two miles from the nearest town. There is lots of farming area for wheat and such. There is a new settlement of nice large houses moving in. Luke's house is kind of beaten down, and he doesn't have top of the line equipment. The time setting is the present.
     A main character in this story is a girl named Jen. She has short, dark hair and is average size. She is an independent person who takes risks. She is very brave. Jen is important to the story because she is a third child also. She gives Luke more knowledge about the third child law and got 40 shadow kids and brought them to the white house for a rally.
     A part that was exciting or unusual was when Luke found out Jen had died. Luke met up with her dad and he said, "They shot all of them (third children). All forty (third) kids at the rally, gunned down right in front of the president's house. The blood flowed into his rose-bushes. But they had the sidewalks scrubbed before the tourists came, so nobody would know." I though that part was unusual.
     I really liked this book. Once I started to get into it, I couldn't put it down. I think that kids between the ages of 9 and 14 would like this book because the characters in it are along that age group.

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