Writing style
Direct · Spare
Apple BooksAmong the Hidden
Science fiction
- Print length
- 153 pagesScholastic, 2008
Description
Twelve-year-old Luke Garner is an illegal third child in a future where food shortages and overpopulation have led the government to restrict every family to two children. Hidden on his family's farm, Luke loses even his limited freedom when new houses rise nearby and force him away from the windows. Then he notices evidence of another child in a home where two children are already known to live. His discovery leads him to Jen Talbot, a bold third child with access to an online network called the Shadow Children. Jen's plans for public resistance challenge Luke's caution and isolation. Their friendship turns secrecy into a moral choice between surviving unseen and demanding the right to exist.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Brisk
Tone
Bleak · Suspenseful · Tense
Structure
Linear
Focus
Character · Ideas · Plot
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 1 / 5
- Ideas
- 2 / 5
- Structure
- 1 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Series
Shadow Children · Book 1
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780545139106
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