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media type="custom" key="7803259"What will happen to me if the population police find me? Will I even live? These are some of the many questions going on in Luke's mind every day in the book __Among the Hidden__ by Margret Peterson Haddix. It made me feel so many emotions in one book!

I think the science topic in this book is populations and communities. It is about shadow children and how families in the US could only have two children. If you had more than two children, you would have to hide them. In this book there is some humor but there is also some suspense because you want to know what happens. This is a style that I like.

There are two characters I want to talk about. The first one is Luke. He is the main character. He had never known that he is a shadow child and what shadow children are, until now, when he is 12. Now, because of the new houses being built by their house, he is always told to stay in the attic. He is very quiet, shy and cautious. That is where his room is and no one can see him there. Then one day, through the vent, he sees a head in another house's window. He knows they already have two kids. He goes over there and meets the other character I'm going to talk about, Jen. She has a big impact on his life. She is not afraid to take risks. She is very brave and I love her for that. I love all of the characters in this book, even the ones I didn't tell you about. That was part of the reason I loved this book.

The setting is not really like Libertyville in the sense that it is a farm house in the middle of the woods right by new big houses. The farm house is Luke's house. It is small but the attic is smaller. As you know that is Luke's room and a good part of the book takes place there. I can picture the setting really well in my head. Its like a movie playing in my head and you know its a good book when you can do that.

The plot is sad. It is about a shadow child, Luke. That means that he is the third child in a family, and back then they made a law that you could only have two children. Typically, if a shadow child is turned in, the shadow child is killed and the person who turns the child in gets a reward. So, he is in the attic when he sees a shadow in a house. In the morning, he saw four people leave and no one come back home. Could this be another shadow child? You will have to read the book to find out.

I think that you should read this book for many reasons. One reason is that it teaches you about history in a fun way. I didn't even know I was learning until I thought about it. Another reason is because it is a quick read but is still really good. I never thought I could find a book like it. Lastly, it is suspensful. It makes you want to keep reading.

I would recommend this book to all genders. I thought this was an amazing book!