amongthefree

__Among the Free__ by Margaret Peterson Haddix ISBN: 0-689-85798-5 ©2006 194 pages

pp. 18-21 when Luke tells a women to report to the town square and she refuses Population Police orders
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Margaret Peterson Haddix has written her last novel in the Shadow Children Series. Luke, still our main character, is chosen at the beginning of the book to go with some of the Population Police to issue new identity cards. When Luke refuses to shoot a women who disobeys his orders, he knows he will no longer be able to live if he remains with the Population Police men, so he flees. What he doesn’t realize is that everyone--everywhere--is refusing to cooperate with the Population Police orders, thus basically breaking down the government. When Luke discovers this, he assumes like everyone else that everyone will be “free” again. Most importantly, third children will be able to live a life. He is very mistaken, and discovers so upon arriving back at the Population Police headquarters where a rally is going on. What can he do to save his life, and all of the other third children still living in fear? Will he ever really be free?
 * Summary:**

YA fiction-- fantasy/science fiction; conduct of life; hidden children; disguise; police

© Jennifer Lang-WDMS-2006