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 from Margaret Peterson Haddix. 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?