Among The Hidden

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• Among the Hidden

  As I rapidly turned the final page of Among the Hidden, wondering what was going to happen to Luke and if he would ever find his way free of being an "illegal" child, I thought back on what I had just read. And I felt myself relax from the frantic pa ... (read full critics)

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  Interesting enough to keep you going into the series

  For such a thin little book, there was plenty to read. It was a bit of a slow starter at first and you immediately feel for Luke all through the book. Although his family loves him, he’s always been the third wheel in everything. It’s an interesting setting even though nothing really happens until L ... (continue)

  For such a thin little book, there was plenty to read. It was a bit of a slow starter at first and you immediately feel for Luke all through the book. Although his family loves him, he’s always been the third wheel in everything. It’s an interesting setting even though nothing really happens until Luke meets Jen (which is a little further along the book.) I’m not sure why it’s a slow start. Perhaps it’s to reflect the dreary monotonous daily life Luke has to go through because he can’t even get out of the house so there’s really not much to do.

  When he does meet Jen however, things do pick up and get more exciting to read. I really do admire her enthusiasm and her determination to change the system although it does get predictable as to the outcome of her idea. Nevertheless I liked how the story ended and I am curious as to what Luke is going to do now.

  I’d say pick this up for a quick read. It’s not the greatest book I’ve read that covers dystopia, and not the most different (the idea of the Population Police is now pretty commonplace in this kind of literature). Yet because it’s so quick and can be finished within a day, give it a try. Perhaps the books following this one will be better.

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• Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (2000)

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  I gave up on the third book (of seven) in the series. It's too dark for young children and too simplified for YA or older.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 160 Pages
• Edition: 1st ed
• ISBN-10: 0689817002
• ISBN-13: 9780689817007
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Pub date: Sep 01, 1998
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook

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