Among the Hidden: Summary
Among the Hidden has a setting of a small town in the future. The small town had a forest until the government tore it down for the Barons.
The characters in Among the Hidden have different aspects that make them special throughout the book. The protagonist, Luke, is a third child that has to stay hidden because of the Population Law. He is very shy and skittish because he has never been around anyone besides his family. He wants to be in the outside world, but the government would kill him if they found him. Matthew, Luke’s older brother, was the first son. Jennifer was another third child that organized a rally against the government. Luke thinks they are lucky because they can go anywhere. The antagonist in the story is the government. The government has made a law that families can only have two children. This is what causes Luke to go into hiding.
The time is the future because the book describes laws that haven’t been made yet. Also, famines are world wide and food isn’t well distributed in the future.
The conflict in Among the Hidden is man vs. society. Luke has to stay hidden because of the Population Law. The government said that families could only have two kids so the world would have enough food. Also, the government tries to make everyone go vegetarian because they think that it is healthier for you. The Population Police kills any third child they find so they can get paid. The only way shadow kids (third child) can avoid the government from killing them is to get a fake identity.
The problem is that Luke has to stay hidden for the rest of his life. If he is found the Population Police would kill him because he is a third child. He can’t go to school or have a normal kid’s life. All he does is sit in his room and wait. He can’t even eat at his family’s table. The solution to his problem is that he can get a fake identity, and live with another family.
Among the Hidden begins with Luke being called into the house because the forest is being cut down for the Barons. He now has to be very careful and never go outside. He can’t even eat with his family. In the middle of the book, Luke’s family is busier than ever. His mother got a job so they can pay taxes. Also, they had to give up their hogs so it wouldn’t stink. Luke also found a vent in his room so he could look outside at the Barons homes. While watching the houses he sees a child’s face in the Sports’ Families window after all the family members left for their jobs. At the end of the book, Luke finds out that the face he saw was another third child.
This third child is a girl named Jennifer. She is courageous and she is smart. She introduces Luke to both views of the Population Law. Also, she told him about the rally of the shadow kids to try to overthrow the Population Law. Luke told her at the last minute that didn’t want to go. Even though he didn’t go, she said she is going. When she got to the rally, the Population Police shot her and the other forty shadow kids. When Luke found out about this, he found her father, told him who he was, and asked for a fake I.D. In the end, Luke goes with his new fake parents in which he will now have a normal life as Lee Grant.
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im still reading so far preety good not my favorite …..ill type later
thank you were a lot of help i read the summary and now i am going to buy the book because of you
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i hate this book, but i have to read it for a book report
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teacher mrs flatch made us read this book i dont really like it
I have to read this in literature circle and I love it!
this book was so interesting i read the summay and then bought the book. The first time i read it, it caught my atention.
I also got an A on my repot. This summary really helped me.!!!
boo i just hate all of the 3126 books i read last yeat
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My cousin had the book and i read it in a period of 3 hrs. and I loved it…also check out a book called a child called it…..
i dont like this book ,
but i have to do it
cause i have a book report
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i like this book
this is a very good book but i dont like reading sooo and i had to do it 4 a book report.
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OMG i LOVEEEEE AMONG THE HIDDEN ITS MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER!!!!
this book is gayyy.
i have to do it for a stupid battle book project due tomorrow. this summary sucks, and doesn’t help me.
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i have a book talk tomorrow and i didnt read the book thank you so much
I looovvveeeee…this book. It is my faavvvvvvvv….book eva. The only reason i read it was b/c of the summary. Thanks so much
im am crying from the end i hate being away from home so i could not be able to take leaving your parents i cant stop crying i would not recommend this book for people who ca not stand sad endings (it was not sad it ws just sad how it had to end that way)
it was a good book i read the whole thing today the only thing that stinks is that i have to do it or a book report but its not that bad people is makng it sound soooooo bad and its not
thank you thank you so much…. i have a book report due today snd this made it alot easyer thank you sooooooo much again
hi this book i did a book report on and didnt read it
my teacher makes me do a whole book report in 2 weeks and it takes 2 days just to pick out a book so i dont even get to read most of it unless you read 30 pages a day
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thanks i have a book report and i dodnt read it and it is due in 5 days this made it alot easier to understand the book
thx,I had a hw assinment for writin a poem and this really helped
this is taylor swift and i really liked this book and i enjoyed it. i read some of it when i was on tour. and fans….. chack out my new cd and concert!!! bye i love you margrett paterson haddix.
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thiss book was straiqhtt.
i meaaan im at simmonsss.
i read thiss sheittt back in 6thh qradeeee.
but itsa qood book.
and knowinq that i hate readinq.
and i read thiss book.
it was def. a qood book.
i liked it. =)
Thanks I have a book report due tommorow and a friend recomended this book to me. Unfortunately, I find it very difficult to actualy read a book and get passed the 18th page.
After reading this summary, well I gues I didn’t know what I was missing.
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This book is fatabulous at first when I seen it i thought oh this book looks as if its going to be stupid but it wasn’t so i had to tell myself never judge a book by its cover. this book was really really good i would recommend it to everyone in the whole world. i never like reading but this book was something else very interesting and you are a very good author so no matter how many nagative comments you got don’t worry about it just keep your head up and keep doing what you do and don’t let your haters get in the way of you good deeds.
ugggh. i have to write a book report on thhis, and how it compared to Anne Frank. :p
fml.
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i didnt finish reading it but oohmygosh. thats so sad.
good book tho.
&& i dont like many boooks.
I really loved this book. The second one wasn’t that much of a good one and could have been done better. But I read it and the rest of the series. It’s a fabulous series and I loved them all. I’m only 12 and it’s easy to understand for me.
This is a profoundly great book! i loved it!!! it made me feel like i was luke going through all of the pain and struggels! this is one of my favorite books and christina i agree!!! lol whoever u r
i have just finished reading the book and i think it is just great but then again i think it is really boring