Margaret Peterson Haddix's Among The Hidden

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“You have to stand up for some things in this world.” Marjory Stoneman Douglas once said. In the science fiction book, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Luke is a young boy called a shadow child, a third child forbidden by the government. Luke isn't allowed to go outside anymore because of the new big houses popping up, and the woods going down. One day he sees an unfamiliar face in one of the houses, and he is so eager to go over. So he goes over and takes a look and finds another child named Jen. I believe no matter who you are, what your religion, what language you speak you should stand up for what you think is right.

I think that Luke Should start to be proud of who he is. In the middle of the book Luke is upset that he has

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