Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: June 01, 2001
Publishing house: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Release Date: May 01, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 1526616
Studio: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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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!' 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.-- from Among the Impostors
Luke Garner is terrified.
Out of hiding for the very 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 very 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.
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I will say again that people get killed and "tortured to death" in these books, so I do not recommend them for kids under 12. I know, I know, the series 'gets them reading.' But I can think of plenty of books that would get kids to read but wouldn't be appropriate in terms of subject matter, if you catch my drift.
Also know that Haddix slathers on the foreshadowing with a broad brush, so if you like mysteries, you're going to figure out who the traitor is in about 3 seconds--especially if you're a smart kid.
In the very first book, Luke/Lee is 12 but sounds like he's 8. In this second book, Luke/Lee is 12 but sounds like he's 15. Maybe he just grew up really fast because of what happened to him....
The story line is intriguing. Thus, I know that folks far less nit-picky than I am will enjoy this second offering in the series. One last warning: Don't read the chapter of "Among the Betrayed" at the end of this book, because it's not the very first chapter of the subsequent book, and it gives away what the subsequent book is about. (Who does that???) If you do read it, don't bother reading the subsequent book, just skip to the 4th book in the series.
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Will Luke Get out of Hendricks we will never know till the end of the book! Luke is a kid who is a third child and he wont tell his real name his fake id is lee grant. He goes to school with no windows and locked doors. Some how Luke can get out. My favorite part was when Lee Grant every day he went out side into the woods and Nina she liked to here about jen who got shot in Among The Hidden. I think the author's purpose is to tell kids that it is all right to be a third child is ok but not in the book and do as what you were told and get a real id not a fake one you can go to jail for getting a fake one I recommend the book to people who want to learn about third children and who like adventures
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Luke Garner is an illegal third child. Mr. Talbot gets Luke a fake ID and under the name Lee Luke attends Hendricks School for boys. However, Luke's very first few weeks at the school did not go as planned. He didn't know where his classes were, and at bed time his bunkmates would push him around. Later in the book Luke finds a door leading to the outdoors from Hendricks. While outside one night he meets a group of third children all using fake ID's. However, one night just when things starting going good for Luke, he saw Jason (the group's leader) sneak out of bed. Luke followed and overheard Jason on the phone with the population police ratting out four of the boys in the group. Luke figured out Jason was an informer and knocked him out. Then he carried Jason down the stairs to the nurse's office and told her that he had delirium, and had a seizure, thrashing around ranting and raving. Luke still had to save the other four boys so he quickly thought of a plan and called Mr. Talbot. The subsequent morning Jason was arrested instead of the four boys (the work of Mr. Talbot).
I really enjoyed this book it was thrilling and suspenseful. With all of the twists and turns in this story I couldn't put the book down. I believe many others will enjoy this book as much as I did, and I highly recommend it.
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This book is about a boy named Luke, but he is pretending to be Lee Grant (that's his fake name). Luke goes to a school for only boys; right after coming out of hiding. Luke was very scared going into the 1st school he'd ever gone too. When Luke gets to the school he noticed that all the teachers didn't take roll to see who was in class. But of course there were hall monitors so you couldn't skip class. Then one day he found a door, cracked open a little. So he went through the door to find that it led to the outside. When he was outside he noticed there were no windows in the school at all; not even one. Also while Luke was out side he started to build a garden. But after a few days the garden had been trampled by kids that must have already known about the door. So one day Luke followed the boys outside to listen and learn; then he revealed himself. Luckily for Luke they accepted Luke into there group; but mainly because he knew Jen. Most of the kids were shadow children too; so Luke felt a little better being around other shadow children. So Luke started to hang out with them. They helped him through some of the days through school; but one day Luke discovered that one of the kids in the group was working for the population police; and was going to betray them all by turning them in to the population police. The trader was the leader of the group, Jason. So Luke acted without thinking and knocked Jason out; then pulled him to the nurse. Then the subsequent day the population police came to the school looking for illegal 3rd children; but only the ones who had betrayed them were taken away. This book was very exciting and suspenseful and I would recommend this book to anyone (but you might want to read the 1st book of the series before you read this one).
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In among the imposters Luke has to figure out how to be Lee Grant who died in an accident just weeks ago. As he was just aimlessly wondering the classes he noticed that the teachers did not check to see who was in the class but just went on with class. He also noticed that there were no windows at all. Later he found a door by accident that lead outside. He stayed out the rest of the day. He started to plant a garden but it was pulverized by others that aparently alredy knew about the door. He finaly got up the courage to follow them. when he got out from behind the tree there was an ocwerd silence. Later they accepted him into there group. He also found out that pretty much all of the other kids were in hiding as well. He follows one of his new friends and finds out that he was going to betray them all. This ends up being a fight for life or death. Luke takes the unconcous boy to the nurse and comes up with a pretty convincing story. Then the police orrive in the morning every one was frozen in fear because if they had there reel names and knew where they where they would be killed. But in the end only the traters were taken ayway. This is a very exiting and suspensfull book and I highly sugest you reed it.
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