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What does it mean to save yourself? Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing... read more

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Summary

Among the Betrayed is the first book, not told from the view of Luke Garner, but rather from that of Nina Idi, the girl who was arrested with Jason Barstow at the end of Among the Impostors. Unlike Jason, who was a member of the Population Police, Nina was another third child who became... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

First Sentence

But like the bogeyman and the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch and the creep-show monster, the Population Police belonged in stories and nightmares, not real life.

Series

This is book 3 in the Shadow Children series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author)
 

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