Among the Betrayed

What does it mean to save yourself?
Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.
The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not....

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/01/2003
Pages: 156
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.64h x 6.38w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9780689839092
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 59349 / Among the Betrayed


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 08/18/2003 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 08/18/2003

About the Author
Haddix, Margaret Peterson: - Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including the Children of Exile series, The Missing series, the Under Their Skin series, and the Shadow Children series. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for The Indianapolis News. She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her at HaddixBooks.com.