The more science fiction I read, the more I start to wonder...could this really happen? Sometimes it is a scary thought. As I read Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, I kept thinking about Luke, the third child where 3rd children are forbidden. I started to put myself in his shoes. I pictured myself having to stay home alone all day...no friends...people pretending I never existed...a lifetime of solitude. I couldn't even imagine doing a fraction of what the main character had to go through. This book has so much suspense. Each chapter leaves the reader with a mini cliffhanger. Anything from Luke finding out he is not the only third child in his neighborhood to having a close encounter with the Population Police. This book will really make you think about what our world would be like if we had population control. It's quite the thought...
*This is a pretty mature book. I would recommend 4th graders and higher read this.
If you like this book by Haddix you are in luck. This is the first book in a series of seven. Read the second of this Shadow Children series Among the Impostors.
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