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Margaret Peterson Haddix's Among The Hidden
What would you do if you were the third child having to hide your whole entire life? Well in the book “Among the Hidden” by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is very suspenseful. In their town that they live in they are only allowed to have two children, but one family decides to have three. Luke, as the third child is not allowed to step outside, he has to stay hidden, because they are too scared the population police will come and get him. Therefore this book is a mystery, because it leaves you with a cliffhangers. The book is told in first person point of view, the genre of “Among the Hidden” is a mystery. “Among the Hidden” is rather short at 153 pages.

Luke is the third child, which means he has to stay hidden. One day
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