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Luke also found out that the government made being pregnant a negative thing as a way of preventing pregnancy. Chapter It rained the first two weeks of April and Luke wondered when he would see Jen again. When Luke was finally able to go to her house he learned of her plan for the shadow child rally.

Luke told her that he could not go and when she tried to convince him otherwise by telling him she knew he wanted to be free they got in an argument.

Luke ran home. Chapter At home Luke began to go up to his room angry. He thought negative thoughts about Jen and he even wished that someone would shoot her, but then he took it all back. His mother found him on the steps and asked him if he was all right once again. E lied and said that he was fine. Chapter Luke agonized about what he should do for three days. It continued to rain and Luke was trapped in his house.

Thursday night he fell asleep and woke up to Jen in his room. Jen came to say that she was too hard on him, he was a good friend, and she would miss him. Jen said good-bye to Luke. Chapter Luke stayed wake the rest of the night and got up really early to clean up the mud that Jen had tracked into the house. He heard the toilet flush, hid, and took his place on the stairs where his mother greeted him.

His mother asked him if he was up in the night because she heard something and he said that he could not sleep. When his family left the house he put the radio on low and kept an eye on his father. The radio announced that cattle got loose and caused a car wreck.

Then dad came home so Luke turned off the radio and quickly went to his room. At lunch his father forgot to turn on the radio so Luke reminded him. He watched he house constantly like he had when he first discovered her. He even asked his mother if she ever considered visiting and welcoming the new neighbors. A week passed and Luke became deranged, but he eventually came up with a plan. He went to the computer and logged onto the chat room which was blank and asked where Jen was.

No one answered his questions. Then he heard the door and some on came in saying they had a gun and asking who Luke was. Luke explained that Jen wanted to live and not die or hide. Her dad warned Luke that after the rally the Population Police began to monitor the chat room and then when he logged on it set off an alarm. He explained further that he works at the Population Police headquarters, however he does not agree with what they do and he tries to sabotage them as much as he can.

The print out about the Population Laws that Jen believe to be true was not exactly true. Her dad had convinced her that they were in order to give her some hope. Her dad explained the history behind it all. For the first time Luke felt like it was ok for him to exist although it was still illegal. Her father covered up the messages that Luke had left in the chat room by saying that he pretended to be Jen all along. Luke decided to get a fake ID because he wanted to help other children who were in hiding.

He left with a trunk full of nice Baron clothing. Lee Grant was a Baron who died in a skiing accident. By Unknown , at PM. By techgenius , at PM. Thanks for the chapter summaries.

They were very useful for me since im doing a project about this book! Lets just hope i get a good grade! By Anonymous , at AM. By sousanna , at PM. By Leah , at PM. By Unknown , at AM. I am crying after I heard Jen die R. P Jen thank you because I missed that part in my book and it helps with my sentences.

You attached 30 chapter summarizing. This is really important for students. When he asks his mother, she explains that she kept her pregnancy a secret and gave birth to him because she thought the Population Law would quickly be repealed.

When the Law not only remained but alo became more stringently enforced, she and the rest of the family realized that they needed to keep Luke in hiding. Luke, bored, plays with a toy train. Luke wonders again what would happen if the real Population Police found him. Luke lets his brother into his room. Luke snaps at his brother to leave him alone.

Luke paces around his room unhappily. His parents and brothers sometimes leave the house all at once, and he wonders what would happen to him if they never returned. Luke realizes that there are open vents at either end of the roof, and he looks out through one of them.

He realizes he can see the road and the field below. He looks out through the other vent and can see the area where the woods used to be.

The area is buzzing with activity; construction workers are plowing the land and readying the foundation for a new building. Once, when Luke was very young, a homeless person had come to the house asking for food. Like had hidden as his mother had instructed, but he peeked out to look at the man. That man was the only person he had ever seen other than his immediate family, but now Luke was able to look at all the construction workers.

He felt overwhelmed. How do we deal with all the pollution this manufacturing brings with that many more people? And how will we survive when we've cut down all the trees and there is no oxygen being produced? The simple answer given in the book seems to be "we could police ourselves--some people could have more kids if others had fewer".

And who does that policing? We certainly aren't doing it now. What are realistic ways we can address this population issue? The author also appears to be showing how fascist and evil the government is by showing how they outlawed junk food and even meat. Vegetarians are truly the evil of the future. One excellent point the author does assert is that those who make the laws often don't follow them. Exceptions are made when it is convenient for those in power.

This is an excellent point and I would have liked this to be expanded a bit more. Especially since those in power the U. The barons in the book, by excepting themselves from the rules, are causing even greater harm. Yet, even that point isn't explained, just inferred.

Perhaps the simplicity is necessary for a children's story, and yet, the heaviness of the topic and the tragedy of the plot, are all mature enough themes that any reader of the book should be able to handle the additional complexity.

The author also only shows one side of the story: that of the victims of an extremist, totalitarian government who dealt inappropriately with a very real disaster.

What I would have liked to have seen would have been an afterword that addressed some of these issues on a level kids could understand. Just presenting the ideas in a fictional context may be too confusing. Other award-winning children's books that either deal with confusing, heavy issues, or take place in other mystifying eras, have afterwards for more information. I think such a beast would help this book tremendously. As it is, I am curious to know what children reading this book come away with thinking: Is overpopulation bad?

Or is the government bad and we don't really need to worry about overpopulation? Because I fear the latter is the message children will walk away with after reading this novel, I have to be very wary about recommending this book.

View all 18 comments. Mar 24, Madeline rated it it was amazing. I love this book! Iwould recomend it for anybody who has a craving for excitment and adventure. I also love the use of words, and the excitment. I cannot stop reading the book. Any book that she writes is or will be wonderfull. View all 9 comments.

Jul 25, Mariah Roze rated it liked it. I'm reading this book to my students and they love it, but I found it to be very boring.

I'm not sure how others feel but nothing happens in this book, especially the first half. I read through the first half of the book super bored. Sep 10, Selene rated it it was amazing. Fifth Read: September 23, - November 7, 5 Stars I read this with my current grade 6 class and my whole class was really invested in this story.

They enjoyment of the story made me realize how much I love this book. I had some students really get into the story. They loved it. Second Read: January 12, - Fifth Read: September 23, - November 7, 5 Stars I read this with my current grade 6 class and my whole class was really invested in this story.

First Read: In elementary school 3 Stars After reading this, I am very surprised that the publishers determined the targeted reading age group to be "Age ".

View all 7 comments. I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. If you feel anything in my review is a spoiler and is not already hidden in spoiler brackets please let me know. Thank you. Well, I can see why this book got so many awards in its day. It's an amazing book of 'what if'. What if the government took the overpopulation crisis in their own hands. Banning people from having more than 2 children. What if some families had 3 children anyways.

One of the things that struck me most was the I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. One of the things that struck me most was the moral dilemma in this book. On one hand, no mother would want to 'get rid of' one of their children just because a forced operation didn't take but keeping them locked up and hidden for the rest of their lives seems almost crueler.

It was a great start to what I think will be an amazing series. I don't know where it's all going to lead to in the end but I'm eager to find out.

This is something I should have been reading in my teens, but I didn't. Better late than never, right? Mar 30, Farid rated it it was amazing. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is about a boy that is living I think that in the future, because of the Law that is happening in the book.

The law of this book is that the families cant have more than 2 childs. So Luke the main character has to be hidden, he stays inside his house, and cant go out because if they see him they would kill him. While Luke was wondering by the window of his room he saw a face on the window from the "Barons" the family beside their house, the girl was called Jenniffer and she was also a This book is about a boy that is living I think that in the future, because of the Law that is happening in the book.

While Luke was wondering by the window of his room he saw a face on the window from the "Barons" the family beside their house, the girl was called Jenniffer and she was also a third child.

They both needed a fake identity and with that fake identity they could go and live with another family. But Jeniffer, Luke and other 40 third childs planned a rally, everyone was going but at the end Luke didnt wanted to go. So Luke then finds Jeniffer's father and he told him that the police had killed all the 40 kids and Jeniffer also.

I really like it because it leaves you thinking in what will the life of Luke be in the next years. I would really recomend this book to you, for me it has been one of my favorite books that I have read. View all 5 comments. Dec 20, Katie Grace rated it really liked it Shelves: 4-star , middle-grade , novella. Aww, memories! I remember reading this when I was nine or ten. It was fun to revisit the world, though I'm not sure if I'll reread the other 12 or so in the series.

Though I do want to know what happens Hm, we'll see. View 1 comment. Dec 15, Olivia rated it really liked it. Among the Hidden Luke Garner is a third child, a hidden child. After the government passed the population law, third children and pets have been outlawed. When Luke's farmland is bought to be turned into a neighborhood of barons, Luke takes interest to watching out of his attic vents. The Sports family's home, the Blonde family's home But wait Luke is too timid to find out In a way, some people I know are like Luke I am not like that at all.

If I were Luke, I would try to change the world. I'd stay outside, letting that late summer air blow in my eyes. My mom and dad would say to the questioning people, "Oh, she's our niece, that's Anyway, Luke, sitting in his attic, creates a plan.

He breaks into the Sports family's house, and finds Jen, another "shadow child," as she puts it. Jen is me, the complete opposite of Luke, bold and daring. Jen and Luke become fast friends, but in April before Jen's rally, Luke turns down her offer. Jen wants to rally in front of the White House, to protest the population law.

She and Luke have a big fight, leaving Luke scared and alone. Soon she returns to his house, to say goodbye as she leaves for the rally. When Jen doesn't come back, Luke is horrified and nervous. What if Jen-he can't bring himself to think of it. When their first-born, a little girl, was about 3 years old and their second child, a boy, was around 21 months old, like so many couples, Haddix and her husband began discussing the possibility of a third child.

Over time they began to explore and discuss the global ramifications, impacts and policies of having children in different countries around the world. She imagined not only how it might be for the adults but also for the children. She began to imagine a year-old boy. This boy had spent his whole life in hiding simply because he had been born in a country that had laws against having too many children.

Through this chain of thought she developed the character Luke Garner, the main character for The Shadow Children series. Luke, even though he is only 12 years old has probably lived more life than most adults ever will, or than they can even imagine. Luke has never had the things and events in his life that so many children and families take for granted.

As new houses begin going in next to the farm and the woods begin disappearing Luke is now contained solely in the family farmhouse. Then, one day everything changes for Luke when he finds another illegal child. Jen Talbot moves in next to Luke. She is also an illegal shadow child and Jen has big ideas. Should he remain hidden in the shadows living out his life in solitude and loneliness, never knowing what it feels like to be truly free, to have and exercise his own free will?

Or, should he go along with Jen and her plan to leave the shadows and live a life free? The first book in The Shadow Children series, Among the Hidden, begins the tale of Luke Garner and his struggle with being an illegal child that must remain hidden from the world.

Luke must hide from the Population Police. These special police have deemed it illegal for couples to have more than two children.