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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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• ― pktechgirl said on Oct 13, 2008 | Add your feedback

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?

• free willgovernmentpopulation controlsocial commentaryfutureAges 11+Grades 6-9middle gradesdystopiascience fiction
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