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Genre: Science Fiction
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In a chilling and intelligent
novel, Haddix envisions a near future where a totalitarian U.S.
limits families to only two children. Luke, 12, the third boy in his
farming family, has been hidden since birth, mostly in the attic,
safe for the time being from the Population Police, who eradicate
such "shadow children." Although he is protected, Luke is unhappy in
his radical isolation, rereading a few books for entertainment and
eating in a stairwell so he won't be seen through the windows. When
Luke spies a child's face in the window of a newly constructed home,
he realizes that he's found a comrade. Risking discovery, Luke
sneaks over to the house and meets Jen, a spirited girl devoted to
bringing the shadow children's plight center-stage, through a march
on the White House. Luke is afraid to join her and later learns from
Jen's father, a mole within the Population Police, that Jen and her
compatriots were shot and killed, and that their murder was covered
up. Jen's father also gets a fake identity card and a new life for
Luke, who finally believes himself capable of acting to change the
world. By presenting a world not too different from America right
now, this book offers much for discussion. The seizing of farmlands,
untenable food regulations, and other scenarios that have come to
fruition in these pages will give readers a new appreciation for
their own world after a visit to Luke's. $7.00
Click on the title below to see if the Peabody Institute Library
has a copy on the shelf.
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