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Shadow children

Author:
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
 
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Book cover for "Among the hidden".
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Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
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.
Book cover for "Among the impostors".
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Series Volume:
2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is forced to face his fears.
Book cover for "Among the betrayed".
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Series Volume:
3.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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In the third installment of Haddix's series about a futuristic society in which families are forbidden to have more than two children, Nina, a secondary character in Among the Impostors, is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned by the Population Police. Her interrogator gives her an ultimatum: either she can get three other child prisoners, illegal third-borns like Nina, to reveal who harbored them and where they got their fake identification...
Book cover for "Among the Barons".
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Series Volume:
4.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In a future world of false identities, government lies, and death threats, Luke feels drawn to the younger brother of the boy whose name Luke has taken.
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Series Volume:
5.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save itself and others like them. In the aftermath of a crisis that threatens the safety of all shadow children -- illegal third-borns in a society that allows only two children per family -- Trey's friends expect him to take charge -- a function he doesn't want or think he can do. Trey's new role leads him to travel with Luke Garner's brother, Mark, to Population...
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Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
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Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.