Among The Hidden

I read the book Among The Hidden by margaret Haddix. I chose Among The hidden because it was my second choice on the last book report .Also, when I read the description it seemed interesting.

My book is about a time when the government enforced couples to have only two children. Parents who were found to have more than two kids would have to give the third child to the government where they would be killed. Luke Garner was the third and youngest child. Luke had two brothers. Unlike his brothers, Luke has never been to school or even outside. He lived in the attic of their home like a prisoner. Luke was a "shadow child." Luke had to hide every day, all day and all night. All Luke was able to do each day is read.

One day when everyone had left, he saw a face in a house across the way. After a few days, Luke sneaks over to the house and opens the screen where he meets Jen, another shadow child. Startled at being seen herself, Jen knocks him over and asks who he is and where he lives. They soon become friends and confidants, due to the fact they both live the same type of life. Luke sneaks over periodically where he learns abot a chat room of hundreds of other shadow childred. Jen then tells him about a rally that all the shadow kids that she knows where they are planning to protest. Until the day before the rally they don't talkt. Luke is terrified of the reprecussions to him and his family if he attends the protest and in the end he doesn't go. He knows he would be killed.

After the rally Luke goes to Jens house and Jens dad threatens to kill luke. Then the population police knocks on the door. Jens dad then throws Luke into the closet. When the poplation police get in the house they don't start looking they talk to Jens dad because he is part of the population police. Luke gets to the back of the closet there is no door like Jens father said but as the population police open the door Luke hides underneath a blanket. The police don't look hard so they don't find Luke. After the poplation police leave Luke gets ot of the closet and waits a little bit because the population police will check Lukes house.

P,Tayler
english,per.3
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