Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Used
Government regulations limit families to two children each, so Luke, an illegal third-born, must live his life in secret, hidden in his family's farmhouse. Then he joins Jen, another "shadow child," for a chance to come out into the light.
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- Title Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1)
- Author Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-03-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-X-2c-01510
- ISBN 9780689824753 / 0689824750
- Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 800
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Population
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012418676
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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First line
From the rear cover
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?
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Citations
- ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's, 01/01/2000, Page 1361
- Publishers Weekly, 02/07/2000, Page 87
