Haddix, Margaret. Among the Hidden. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2006. 152 pages. (Sci-Fi Series)
The main characters in this book are Luke; his two brothers, Mathew and Mark; and his parents. This story takes place on an old farm surrounded by trees on the outskirts of town. The problem that Luke and his family face is that Luke is a third child, and they are living in a time period when a great food depression is going on. Right before Luke was born, the government passed a law that only allows each family to have two children. The only way that Luke and his family can solve this problem is to get the government to throw out the Population Law. In the meantime, Luke cannot leave his house, or his family will be fined $2 million dollars. An interesting event that happened in this novel is that one day while Luke was looking through the vent in his room, he saw a face in a window after all four people living there had left. After so many years of staying home and only knowing his family members, Luke decided to sneak over to the house after the entire neighborhood left for work and school. After he made sure there was no one in the neighborhood the next day, he snuck over to the other house were he thought there may be another third child living there.
I thought this book was very well written because even though most of the book takes place in one house, you never want to stop reading. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes exciting adventure books. I think if I could rate this book, I would give it 9 out of 10 because it was easy to read and very exiting. I would read any other book by this author because she is very descriptive and clear. I thought that if I had the time, I would read this book over and over again.
Reviewed by: Pax
