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﻿ ﻿ media type="custom" key="7802393"  ** Among The Hidden ** **By Margaret Peterson Haddix ** You never know what is going to happen next in the exciting book " __Among the Hidden __" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Margaret Peterson Haddix is an amazing author who puts the whole world as we know it into perspective. She writes in such detail you can see the story in your head. Also she makes you question what the characters or events in the story are going to do next. Her style of writing is unusual from many of the books I normally read because she puts so much information and details into your mind at once, you almost forget what is going on or what major event is happening. The science topic this is about is in the past with different technology and ways of living. The story starts off set in a large forest with only about one house in it with a farm attached. That soon changes, because developers come in and start cutting down trees and making it into a subdivision. The comfort of having a big woodland surrounding Luke is new for him. Luke is the main character and he is also a third child. In this sci-fi novel, third children are not allowed in the United States because the government has feared that they will run out of food to feed everyone with. When this law is set in, Luke is born. Fear of having him put to death, Luke's mother makes him hide inside his house in the large forest. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Luke is curious and a very strong worker. He thinks he lives in his own paradise, or as close as the third children can get too. Luke has never been able to touch his own pavement outside, although he has been able to feel his feet touch grass and the barn behind his house. This can happen because he is surrounded by a vast forest and loves to help his father and two brothers, Mike and Mark, on the farm. When more people are moving into new homes though his world starts crashing down. One day Luke sees a face in the window, he is unsure if it is a 3rd child or not but in the next week, he goes to find her. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The child’s name is Jen and she is a third child. Unlike Luke, Jen roams around her house all day and even talks to other third children on her computer. Jen is very fed up with the government’s rules and thinks that they should change them. Luke and Jen become good friends and Luke visits Jen frequently during the week. Finally Jen drops the bomb; she tells Luke that she is starting a rally to go to Washington D.C. and to go "on strike". Luke is immediately scared and thinks it is a bad idea. Are Luke's instincts right or wrong? You will have to read the book to find out. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I certainly recommend this book to everyone.