Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children Books, #1)

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another third convinces him that the government is wrong.

Reviewed by nannah on

5 of 5 stars

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"I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this" . . . I say as I turned every flippin' page!

This little novel has surprising power. It deals with a totalitarian government, and though this theme is not uncommon (ESPECIALLY in the YA books of today--by god it's a super fad), the way it's treated in this novel is very original. It's not shoved into your face or made the main theme of the novel. Instead, Luke is the focus (as he well should be!).

I can't wait to get my hands on the second . . . and I can't believe it's taken me this long to start reading these books.

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