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Following the futuristic storylines of "1984" and "Brave New World" comes "Among the Hidden". Luke is a third child in a family with already two boys. This is breaking a decree established by the government. He's successfully hidden in his parent's home without discovery for 12 years, but a... read more

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Summary

In the far future, overpopulation has caused an event called "The Famine" and because of this, there is far less food and all of it is monitored by the government. Because of the shortage of food, people are only allowed to have two children.
Luke Garner, a twelve-year-old third child,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

He saw the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance.

Series

This is book 1 in the Shadow Children sequence series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author)
 

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