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 have to have a family where there are 3 or more children living in a household. Later in the book the main character figures out that there are many other kids just like him. The author shows the setting, the theme and the mood of the book through the whole story.
The setting of this book is mostly taken at the house of the Gardners, located on a farm. “I didn't let Matthew and Mark leave the farm, for a fear they'd say something.” This tells the audience where the house of the Gardners is. Majority of the time in the book Luke is just hiding away in an attic so no one can find him. “Luke's room was also the attic.” Most of the story Luke is shut off from anything that involves the outside world. If he gets caught he could be in serious danger. …show more content…
Throughout the book Luke looks out a vent that's in his room leading to the outside, so he could see everything around him. “There were vents at each end of the roof”.” “Now Luke climbed on top of one of the largest trunks and looked down through the vent.” Later in the book Luke looks out the vents to find something very unusual. “Luke caught a glimpse of something behind one window of the Sports Family’s house, a face. A child's face. In a house where two boys already lived.” This is when Luke figured out that there was another kid just like him, a shadow child. Luke later meets the child and learns that they have a lot in
The setting of this book is mostly taken at the house of the Gardners, located on a farm. “I didn't let Matthew and Mark leave the farm, for a fear they'd say something.” This tells the audience where the house of the Gardners is. Majority of the time in the book Luke is just hiding away in an attic so no one can find him. “Luke's room was also the attic.” Most of the story Luke is shut off from anything that involves the outside world. If he gets caught he could be in serious danger. …show more content…
Throughout the book Luke looks out a vent that's in his room leading to the outside, so he could see everything around him. “There were vents at each end of the roof”.” “Now Luke climbed on top of one of the largest trunks and looked down through the vent.” Later in the book Luke looks out the vents to find something very unusual. “Luke caught a glimpse of something behind one window of the Sports Family’s house, a face. A child's face. In a house where two boys already lived.” This is when Luke figured out that there was another kid just like him, a shadow child. Luke later meets the child and learns that they have a lot in