num_pages: 160
description: 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?
language: English
title: Among the Hidden
titlecomplete: Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
characters: Jen, Luke Garner
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Teen, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Fantasy, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 122941
series: Shadow Children
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 1514793600000
name: Bluestem Book Award
publisher: Turtleback Books