Among the Hidden

byefelicia - This book is about where third children are illegal in the future. This is a science fiction book that comes in a series, right now I'm the 7th final book "Among the Free" it's pretty good so far but right now I'm going to focus on "Among the Hidden" so you can have some ideas of what this amazing series is about. So Luke is a thrid child has been in hiding all his life but, the woods way always there to protect him so he could go outside, play with the hogs, help with gardening & with the crops. But one day the world comes toppling down on Luke, the governor is making them sell the woods to tear it all down & build fancy houses for barons (A.K.A rich people.) Luke has to go back into hiding, is no longer able to go outside, no longer to go by windows nor in the kitchen. He has to start eating his meals on the bottom of the stairs. He lives in the attic & found a vent where he can peer out of. While all the barons have left for work, all the kids going to school Luke sees something in the house right next to his. Are his eyes playing tricks on him? What did he see?? Read the book to find out this mysterious Sci-Fi series that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

August 31, 1998
Haddix (Running Out of Time) chillingly imagines a dystopia in this futuristic novel. Born into a totalitarian state that brutally enforces a two-children-only policy, 12-year-old Luke Garner, an "illegal" third child, has spent his entire life hiding from anyone outside his immediate family. His troubles multiply when the government makes his dirt-poor parents sell the woods surrounding their farm in order to build a housing development for "Barons" (the privileged elite), and it therefore becomes too dangerous for Luke to go outside. Next, the Garners are hit with a crippling tax bill and ordered to sell their hogs, so Mom has to get a factory job. Luke spends every day alone, hidden in his attic room, until he meets Jen, a "shadow child" secreted in the Baron house next door. She turns his whole world upside-down, introducing him to her secret Internet chat room and giving him literature analyzing the government's repressive policies. After Jen's foolhardy rally of shadow children ends in bloodshed, Luke is faced with a decision that will irrevocably determine his fate. The plot development is sometimes implausible and the characterizations are a bit brittle, but the unsettling, thought-provoking premise should suffice to keep readers hooked. Ages 8-12.

February 28, 2000
This futuristic novel focuses on a totalitarian regime and the Internet. PW noted, "The plot development is sometimes implausible and the characterizations a bit brittle, but the unsettling, thought-provoking premise should suffice to keep readers hooked." Ages 8-12.