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Available
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Publication
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages
172
Description
In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is forced to face his fears.
Description
Luke Garner is terrified.
Out of hiding for the first time in his life, he knows that any minute one of his new classmates at Hendricks School for Boys could discover his secret: that he's a third child passing as the recently deceased Lee Grant. And in a society where it's illegal for families to have more than two children, being a third child means certain death at the hands of the dreaded Population Police.
His first experience outside the safety of his home is bewildering. There's not a single window anywhere in the school; Luke can't tell his classmates apart (even as they subject him to brutal hazing); and the teachers seem oblivious to it all.
Desperate to fit in, Luke endures the confusion and teasing until he discovers an unlocked door to the outside, and a chance to understand what is really going on. But to take this chance -- to find out the secrets of Hendricks -- Luke will need to put aside his fears and discover a courage that a lifetime in hiding couldn't thwart.
Once again, best-selling author Margaret Peterson Haddix delights her fans with this spine-tingling account of an all-too-possible future.
Among the Impostors is a worthy companion to Among the Hidden and a heart-stopping thriller in its own right.
Out of hiding for the first time in his life, he knows that any minute one of his new classmates at Hendricks School for Boys could discover his secret: that he's a third child passing as the recently deceased Lee Grant. And in a society where it's illegal for families to have more than two children, being a third child means certain death at the hands of the dreaded Population Police.
His first experience outside the safety of his home is bewildering. There's not a single window anywhere in the school; Luke can't tell his classmates apart (even as they subject him to brutal hazing); and the teachers seem oblivious to it all.
Desperate to fit in, Luke endures the confusion and teasing until he discovers an unlocked door to the outside, and a chance to understand what is really going on. But to take this chance -- to find out the secrets of Hendricks -- Luke will need to put aside his fears and discover a courage that a lifetime in hiding couldn't thwart.
Once again, best-selling author Margaret Peterson Haddix delights her fans with this spine-tingling account of an all-too-possible future.
Among the Impostors is a worthy companion to Among the Hidden and a heart-stopping thriller in its own right.
Series
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
172 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0689839081 / 9780689839085
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Lexile
620L
User reviews
LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary
Luke is in a boarding school where he has been sent to adjust, only everthing is strange and he can’t seem to make any friends. When he finally meets up with a group of shadow children things seem to be going well, until he figures out that one is out to betray the others. At the last minute, Mr.
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Talbot is the one who stops Jason and saves the day. Show Less
LibraryThing member PhoebeReading
Luke Garner has just surfaced from hiding for the first time in his life--as the third child in a society with a population limit of two, his childhood has previously been one of cloistered solitude. Unfortunately, he escapes to a mysterious and windowless boarding school that's as claustrophobic
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as the world he left behind. The Hendricks school--filled with menacing bullies, detached teachers, and a significant population of mentally unhinged students--is the spooky setting for Margaret Peterson Haddix's second Shadow Children book. As in the first volume, Among the Hidden, this future-world feels well-rendered and realistic, very close to the one that we inhabit today. Haddix's sparse, strong prose remains strong, although this second story does lack some of the urgency of the original. Show Less
LibraryThing member hackmac
When I bought Among the Hidden, I didn't know it has a sequel. But what a good news it was that it has! (wow that kinda rhymes.) Among the hidden is similarly thrilling and interesting. I like the twists that Haddix placed in the plot, although I must say that I liked the first book a bit better.
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LibraryThing member Emilyw5
I thought this was a very interesting quick read. I couldn't put it down!
LibraryThing member graemestone
Really liking this so far. It's very simply written, but moves very quickly.
LibraryThing member jreams10
This book was about Luke having a fake I.D. and going to a baron school. He is able to find a group of shadow children that are in his school. Later on one of the shadow children "Jason" is working for the populaction police, but Mr. Talbot (Jen's dad) was able to arrest him and confuse the other
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officer that he is lieing. Show Less
LibraryThing member stephxsu
All his life, Luke Garner has had to live in fear and hiding. He is a third child, an illegal by the passing of the Population Law. Knowledge of his existence spells his death and the death of all who tried to protect him.
Luke’s dead best friend Jen Talbot’s dad manages to get him a fake I.D.
One day, Luke finds a mysterious door in the wall and escapes outside school confines, only to discover that the whole entire school is windowless. This sets of a chain of events involving other third children and Luke’s own growing sense of self-confidence, awareness, and knowledge. However, not everyone is who they seem, and Luke must be extremely careful…or else the imposter among them will betray them all.
AMONG THE IMPOSTERS consists mostly of Luke trying to adjust to life in society. While it’s perhaps not as exciting as the first in the series, this book is a chillingly convincing story of societal adjustment, and it will only involve readers ever more into this eerie and complex world.
Luke’s dead best friend Jen Talbot’s dad manages to get him a fake I.D.
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Suddenly he can be out in the world, mingling among others as Lee Grant, a Baron who had actually died in a skiing accident. At Hendricks School for Boys, a terrified Luke tries to adjust to life among other people. He is afraid all the time of someone finding out that he is a third child, and yet doesn’t want to forget his real identity, either.One day, Luke finds a mysterious door in the wall and escapes outside school confines, only to discover that the whole entire school is windowless. This sets of a chain of events involving other third children and Luke’s own growing sense of self-confidence, awareness, and knowledge. However, not everyone is who they seem, and Luke must be extremely careful…or else the imposter among them will betray them all.
AMONG THE IMPOSTERS consists mostly of Luke trying to adjust to life in society. While it’s perhaps not as exciting as the first in the series, this book is a chillingly convincing story of societal adjustment, and it will only involve readers ever more into this eerie and complex world.
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LibraryThing member sroeck
Since reading the first in this series, I have to read all of the books now. This story continues its exciting saga following the next step for one of the shadow children. I again read this in one seating. Lots of suspense and twists and turns but mostly it is about very real human issues.
LibraryThing member hoosgracie
Luke heads off to boarding school as Lee Grant.
LibraryThing member PaulWW
Quick read. See my review for "Among the Hidden".
LibraryThing member kv22
This book is very good and I recommend it.
LibraryThing member RoDor
This book is about Luke Garner who is pretending to be the filthy-rich city boy Lee Grant after coming out of hiding in the first twelve years of his life. Would his behavior give him away? Could he trust other boys in the School for Boys who seem to be like him? Or those who are different?
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LibraryThing member nm.fall07.i.moore
This book is a book for people who like to read books that have people disobeying laws of government. This is a book about an illegal third child that has stolen the identity of another person that has died. The government has made a law that says you can only have two children because of the food
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shortage and if you do have a third child and they find out then they will kill it. Show Less
LibraryThing member cinnamonowl
These are great books for elementary age students- I am reading the series and I am very impressed!
LibraryThing member hayleigh.russo8
this book is about a shadow child named Luke. Luke is sent to a school for shadow children. Luke wants to learn the history of the shadown children. One day, while Luke goes outside to check on his garden, he sees that it is ruined. He then hears voices so he hides behind a tree. There comes a boy
This book if full of mystery. i love it because Haddix is one of my favorite authors. I love the way she tells the story in her point of view and makes it very entertaing.
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who picked on Luke, called Jackal Boy, and soon Luke becomes "friends" with Jackal Boy . Then he learns that Jason is making a way to help Third Children. Luke feels this is his chance to help Jen, a former friend of his. This book if full of mystery. i love it because Haddix is one of my favorite authors. I love the way she tells the story in her point of view and makes it very entertaing.
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LibraryThing member sports-star
This is book 2 of the Shadow Children series. It is as good as the first one. Luke is at a new school and he meets other kids like himself. But when he finds out one is an imposter he finds himself in more danger than he thought. You really should read this book.
LibraryThing member MissBoyer3
It was awful. All those eyes, all looking at him. It was straight out of Luke's worst nightmares. Panic rooted him to the spot, but every muscle in his body was screaming for him to run, to hide anywhere he could. For twelve years‹his entire life‹he'd had to hide. To be seen was death. "Don't!"
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he wanted to scream. "Don't look at me! Don't report me! Please!" But the muscles that controlled his mouth were as frozen as the rest of him. The tiny part of his mind that wasn't flooded with panic knew that that was good -- now that he had a fake I.D., the last thing he should do was act like a boy who's had to hide. But to act normal, he needed to move, to obey the man at the front and sit down. And he couldn't make his body do that, either. Show Less
LibraryThing member benuathanasia
Luke's growth in this book seemed a bit radical and out of character for me. I know he's been forced to grow up pretty quickly, but it just didn't seem to mesh well with his experiences and personality.
LibraryThing member eenerd
Satisfying sequel to Among the Hidden, Among the Impostors continues to follow third child Luke in his new life as baron's son Lee Grant at the Hendricks School for Boys. Luke/Lee struggles to blend in at this school where there are strict rules but everyone is anonymous, and not even the teachers
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or staff seem to care. Luke/Lee finds an open door one day, slips out and begins to follow a trail of discovery that may lead him to be found out by the Population Police. Quick, suspenseful and engaging. Show Less
LibraryThing member tiger417
this was a very cool book.i would reccomend it to someone who likes her books.my favorite part was when he read the note.
LibraryThing member milanc2
a very interesting book that will keep you at the edge of your seat. I couldn't stop reading this book.
LibraryThing member Bduke
This one took a really long time to get into. I was really disappointed in it for quite some time. But towards the end it got really good,so I'm glad I stuck with it.
LibraryThing member porch_reader
This is the second in the Shadow Children series, a dystopian series set in a future in which food is scarce and families are limited to having two children. But not everyone obeys the law, and when families have third children, they must remain hidden from the Population Police. In this second
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book in the series, we follow Luke Garner's quest to change things for Shadow Children. I won't say much more than that because I don't want to spoil the first book in the series, but suffice it to say that there several plot twists that kept me on the edge of my seat. Luke Garner is a compelling protagonist who grows throughout the book. My fourth grade son read the first book in this series for school, and I'm going to put this one on his TBR stack! Show Less
LibraryThing member engpunk77
Although there are several more books in this series, this one has a complete and satisfying ending so that I don't feel the need to read any more of them; I like that! However, I enjoyed this so much that I'm anxious to keep going.
LibraryThing member NathanMerlin
I must admit this book left me wanting more. In comparison with the first book in the series this book needed a little more suspense. The overall plot in this book was good and it did she light on how crazy the world can be but as far as suspense goes and keeping the reader interested it was
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Awards
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2005)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2004)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection — 2002)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2003)
Call number
J4A.Had