His family fears the Population Police so much that they don't even allow Luke to eat with them in the kitchen. Luke "lives" his life in the attic and on the stairs. But when the woods around his house are bulldozed to make room for more houses-or apartments-even that small bit of liberty is lost. Luke Garner is a shadow child, an illegal third child his parents are farmers in a rural community which gave him small doses of freedom-if freedom means breathing fresh air outside-now and then. Premise/plot: Among the Hidden is the first book in Margaret Peterson Haddix's fast-paced futuristic middle grade series. But I'm going to try to read more of her books (again, again) this year. I don't know that my library still has in its collection the whole series. I enjoy rereading her books every now and then. Now." He had never disobeyed the order to hide.ĮTA: I really love, love, love Margaret Peterson Haddix. Then he heard his mother call out the kitchen window: "Luke! Inside. First sentence: He saw the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance.
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