Readers will be captivated by Luke’s predicament and his reactions to it. “As in Haddix’s Running Out of Time (S & S, 1995), the loss of free will is the fundamental theme of an exciting and compelling story of one young person defying authority and the odds to make a difference. The government has outlawed families with more than two children. 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? Luke Garner has spent his entire life - all 12 years - in hiding. Finally, he’s met a shadow child like himself. Then, one day Luke sees a girl’s face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. 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. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award.Sunshine State Young Readers’ Award (Florida).Nutmeg Children’s Book Award (Connecticut).State readers choice awards (voted on by kids): Among the Hidden (Shadow Children 1) Haddix, Margaret Peterson, Nielsen, Cliff on.Bank Street College’s Children’s Book Committee’s “Best Children’s Books of the Year” list.
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