Book Summary

Among the Hidden

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Page: 160

This fantastic book is about a place where families are only allowed to have two children. If the population police catch a family with a third child, that child will be killed. There is a boy named Luke who is the third child and the family attempts to hide him. He could go outside, but he has to hide from cars passing by. Once a housing development replaced the woods, Luke had to hide in his house and couldn’t go outside anymore. The new community of people in Luke’s neighborhood was barons (very rich people). One day Luke was looking out of the vent (no one could see him) in the attic (his room) and saw a person pass the window who he believed was a third child. Luke finds even more evidence that this is a third child as days go by. Finally, Luke has the courage to run out side and go in the third child’s home; they could keep themselves from being lonely all day. In the house, Luke finds out the third child is a girl named Jen.  Jen is a brave, smart, and sassy child who Luke always hangs out with.  One day, Jen gets too brave and starts a rally in the city to stop third children and she dies trying. Luke did not know this until he accidently met Jen’s dad in Jen’s house.