The book Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a book about a thirteen year old “shadow child” named Luke Garner. In a society that only allows no more than two children per family, Luke is an illegal and forbidden child. He stays hidden, alone most of the time until he one day he discovers that there was another shadow child named Jen Talbot, who lived in one of the fancy new houses the government built behind Luke's family’s farm. Luke was forced to stay behind the curtains and wasn't

Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally was published by Sourcebooks Fire in the year 2011 and contains 281 pages. Catching Jordan is categorized by the genre realistic fiction. Miranda Kenneally is the author of many inspiring books with her most popular being similar to Catching Jordan, including Stealing Parker and Racing Savannah. Catching Jordan demonstrates that females can play football and be one of the guys, but also maintain a relationship. The purpose of Catching Jordan was to show that

Introduction Hush, Hush is a young adult fantasy novel written by Becca Fitzpatrick. It was published on October 13, 2009 by Simon & Schuster. Becca Fitzpatrick is an American author who is best known for the Hush, Hush series which included Hush, Hush, Crescendo, Silence and Finale. Her first book, Hush, Hush became the New York bestselling young adult fantasy novel in year 2009 and was sold in 13 countries. On February 3, 1979, Becca Fitzpatrick was born. Although she is a novelist, she graduated

Among the Hidden Themes One theme in Among the Hidden is “survival”. This is a theme because when you're a third child you have to know how to survive. You have to hide, or you’ll get caught and killed. Luke hid for so long until one day, when he saw a face in the neighbor's window. This leads us to our second theme of the story. The second theme for Among the Hidden is “Standing up for what you think is right”. This is very important because it is referred to most in the story. Luke thinks it is

Conformity is very important to society. Many people conform every day. Conformity is important because it brings people together. Among the Hidden, in this story we see people conforming because of the situation they are in. Society encourages conformity through higher level people, social groups, and media. First off higher level people encourage conformity. Higher level people start trends. Dr. Crandall from the University of Kansas says “high-status individuals like Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a science fiction novel. The novel is about a boy named Luke Garner who lives in a futuristic world where the Government has supreme control over everyone's lives. There is also Population Law in place in which tells everyone in the country that they are only allowed two children. Luke, who is an illegal third child, spends most of his days at home with his mom protected by the woods around his house. Then it all gets torn down to build houses for the

luke 's life by making him live indoors with the shades down and the dark colored room. In “Among the Hidden” there is a very dark tone and it really affects his life. The dark tones are the wood being cut down, the darkness of his room and the windows that are never open. Luke feels left out and should have a choice to be a citizen and go outside no matter what the law says. The tone in the “Among The Hidden” is sad and lonely.It is sad and lonly because Luke is forced to stay inside a black room

pain, except the dog could speak human words: Describes how the author uses personification to demonstrate the village was on fire. Everyone was suffering and the village was getting destroyed. As you read the book everytime Tomasu remembers of the Hidden, he remembers this because it was something he would never forget, the village where