Among the Hidden

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series.

Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.

Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows--does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/1998
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.36h x 6.00w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780689817007
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 29501 / Among the Hidden


Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Winner
Award: Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award - Winner
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/31/1998 pg. 76
School Library Journal 09/01/1998 pg. 203
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/1998 pg. 1035
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/1999 pg. 1300
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 pg. 67 - Recommended, Satisfactory
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/2000 pg. 1361
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 67 - Recommended, Satisfactory

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.