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Among the Hidden

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In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm in this start to the Shadow Children series.

Luke has never been to school. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. 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.

Then, one day Luke sees a girl’s face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he’s met a shadow child like himself. 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?

Editions (2)

ISBN9780689824753
PublisherSimon + Schuster LLC
Publication Date04/30/00
Pages160

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  • aya_dahlke
    aya_dahlke

    9 Followers

    3.5

    Interessante Geschichte

    Ich musste es wegen der Schule lesen und es war mein erstes englisches Buch. An sich war es ganz gut, ich fand die Geschichte war interessant , aber ich würde es nicht freiwillig lesen. Mein Buch Geschmack ist es nicht, aber für ein Schulbuch voll gut.

    Mar 13, 2023

  • common_fabian
    common_fabian

    4 Followers

    4.0

    This one was a required reading for school, and immediately after finishing the school lecture, I went to my local bookstore and ordered the second book. By now, six out of seven books of the "Shadow Children" series have a place on my shelves, but as it has been so long since I've read them, I fear I wouldn't be able to get into the seventh anymore. However, at least the first three books can be highly recommended by me. While I don't remember so much about the fourth, the fifth and the sixth one, Luke's experiences and the enthralling plot in this first installment were excellent to follow, with Luke being a very likeable boy who you can't help but root for.

    Feb 8, 2023

  • magdalena_
    magdalena_

    28 Followers

    3.5

    Für eine Schullektüre fand ich es persönlich sehr interessant aber in meiner Freizeit würde ich es nie lesen

    Apr 19, 2023

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