Monday, July 7, 2008
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In this futuristic, realistic fiction, Luke is an outlawed third child. The oppressive government, concerned with food shortages after a serious period of droughts, passed legislation allowing parents only two children. All others are to be disposed of. Luke lives in hiding for the first twelve years of his life, Luke discovers another third child in a home built after the government razed the woods near his farm house. Luke begins to discover the world around him and the animosity the government has for the hidden children.
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Maybe you'll be willing to find all the "Among the _____" books and put the titles in order. THIS one, AMONG THE HIDDEN, is the first one. I wonder if the others can truly be appreciated if not read in order. What do you think?
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Hidden
Imposters
Betrayed
Barons
Brave
Enemy
Free
I think the reader would be okay with reading them one at a time. They do work as a numerical sequence, but each one would be enjoyable as a stand alone book. Some things would have to be inferred from context clues that could be lost on unsophicated readers, but not to the point of comprehension failure.
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