Among the Hidden

In the book, Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix Peterson, the protagonist was a young boy named Luke Garner, who was a third child forced into hiding by the Population Law. It was created to prevent starvation during the time where there wasn’t enough food for everyone because of famines. Now, Luke, along with other shadow children, another name for an illegal third child, were needed to be kept in hiding or else they would face a huge fine or execution. Luke used to be able to at least go outside to Garner's’ backyard, but now, the wood that covered the backyard is being taken away from the Garner to build houses for Barons, who unlike his family, were rich. He found a vent in the attic that he lived in which allowed him to see the construction…

Among the Hidden is the first series book out of seven books published by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Among the hidden is a fictional novel that was published in 1998, the book introduced Luke Garner as an illegal third child in a society that forbids third child per family. Luke role in the first series is to revolt against the government over the two children per family policy in the country. Luke is the perfect character to be chosen to represent a third child because Luke mother Edna Garner…

The name of my book is Among the Hidden. This book was published on March 1, 1998 in New York, New York. Haddix graduated from Miami university of Ohio with degrees in Creative writing, Journalism, and History. Apart from Among the Hidden, Haddix was written Running Out of Time, Don’t You Dare Read This, and The House on the Gulf. Haddix is a full time author. Among the Hidden takes place in a Dystopian era. The narrator is telling the story in a third person omniscient point of view and is not…

Haddix's Among the Hidden is mainly about the challenges that third children face every day and how they overcome those challenges. In this book, the author Haddix envisions a near future where the totalitarian government its citizens to have only two children each. As Haddix writes, "But the Population Law became General Sherwood's proudest accomplishment. That's why even Barons aren't exempt. He points to that and says, 'See how much control I have over my people's lives'(p.137)"…

Have you ever worried about hiding from everyone around you? Probably not. Well the main character in the book Among the Hidden had to. Margaret Peterson Haddix, the author of the book, made the main character Luke, have a very unordinary life. Luke starts off by living a life of closed doors and no light. Luke is what is considered as a shadow child, which means that he has to hide from the population police so that him and his family don't get in trouble. To be considered a shadow child you…

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“Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand” (Karl Marks). This quote explains how society is connected, how people are bound together by everyone else. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, which takes place takes place in the south, the characters explore the relations that connect society and along the way discover that some of their individuality is not accepted by societal standards. In Zora Neale…

Among the Hidden-review Haddixbooks.com states that Margaret Peterson Haddix love of reading came from her father who loved telling stories and reading to his daughter. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a story about Luke, the son of a farmer, and Jen, the daughter of a baron on their chance encounter. Both of them are illegal in their society, for they were the third children born in their family. In their fight to rebel against the government, they have to stay hidden to…

Among The Hidden By: Margaret Peterson Haddix is a suspenseful and enjoyable book. Luke is the third child of a family, who grows up on a farm, in a farming community. At one point before Luke was born, the town did not have enough food supply, so the government made a law that people could only have two children. Since Luke is the third child of the family, he has to stay hidden in his house. Luke lives up in the attic, just in case the population police ever come, they would not find an extra…

They people of a dystopian society are basically living in a dehumanized state which means that they are force to live under certain codes of law and have no freedom to be themselves in any way, shape, or form. This type of Bureaucratic society is quite prevalent in the book series Among the Hidden. In this story there is a child named Luke who is born into a dystopian society and has to live in hiding because he is a third child. The government he lives under has a fear of overpopulation so…