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Among the Betrayed
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- Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix, Margaret Haddix
- Publisher: Aladdin
- Release Date: August 2003
- Reading Level: Ages 9-12
- ISBN-10: 068983909X
- ISBN-13: 9780689839092
- List Price: $6.99
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SummaryNina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed. The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not.... |
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Among the Betrayed
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This is a wonderful book. I highly recommend it. There's a lot of imagination here and a lot of mystery. Keeps you on edge.
I smell a rat
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We get two-thirds of the way into this third book in the series before the, "We prayed to God to help us" is injected. Hmmm. Let's think about this: The government is made up of very bad men (note--"men"--despite the fact that the series is allegedly futuristic, all those in power are males) who punish people for having more than two children--and murder the 'thirds' or 'shadow children.' What are we teaching children here? I objected mildly to the violence in the first two books (see my reviews for Among the Hidden and Among the Imposters), but in this book, the cruelty is over the top; Nina, our reluctant heroine for this installment, is kicked in the stomach by "Mack" the prison guard--who is later revealed to be one of the 'good guys,' a confederate in a plot to "test" Nina's loyalty to shadow children. (Oh--sorry for giving it all away, but if you read the "excerpt" at the end of the second book, it's all given away for you already, since that excerpt is the final chapter of Book 3. Again, who does that???)
I find it ironic that these books have much to do with subversives when they are dangerously subversive themselves. Please, please, please, do not purchase these books for children under the age of 12. And big people, if you're going to buy them, read them first, so you can at least carry on a discussion about the underlying themes in the reading--or the heavy-handed foreshadowing or contrived plot points, if you're talking to a young writer.
Among The Betrayed by Margret Perterson Haddix
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Nina is among the many shadow children in her school. She has done nothing wrong in her life, except for being illegal. One day, she woke up in a prison cell, handcuffed to the ground. She finds out that her beloved, Jason, has now betrayed her. Later on she meets a new character who she has called "The Hating Man". He tells her that she has to help him with something or she will soon be killed. Her task is to go into another cell with three other shadow children. She has to find out info about them and see if the truly are shadow children. Later on, she starts talking to them and they become kind of close. But, they won't tell her anything because they think they are being watched by hidden cameras. Which they weren't. "The Hating Man" was secretly feeding her humungous thanks giving meals, bribing her to try harder. She does'nt have that kind of cold heart, how evil. If he were to find out they were shadow children, he would kill them in an instant. One day while she was talking to him, a gaurd burst through the door. He was holding his neck, the gaurd had been poisoned. "The Hating Man" wasnt paying attention to her. Oddly enough, the keys were sitting right there on the table. She used this opportunity to escape, she grabbed the keys and ran. She opened up the cell and got the three kids. They all escaped together. No one even came looking for them. She told them about the school that she thought was safe, so they could temporarly live there. The younger kids actually knew how to get there. Once they got there, they finally settled in. She discovered a planted garden behind the school. They stole fruits and vegtables during the night. One night, Nina went to pick some more and some one pounced on her. It was Lee. She was dragged off to Mr. Hendricks house not too far away. After talking to him, she saw something. It was "The Hating Man". He was actually Jen Talbot's dad under disguise. The whole jail thing and escape was planned for the safety of them. She had been set up just to see if she could be trusted. Later on she found out everything and was glad she was safe. Well, for now. She later actually agreed to help them. Had Nina just agreed to help fight the population police? Yes, she had. The settings were in the jail building, outside of the Hendricks School, and inside Mr. Hendrick's home. This book was fantastic, and I would definitly recomend this book to anybody that I know!
Among The Betrayed by Margret Perterson Haddix
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Nina is among the many shadow children in her school. She has done nothing wrong in her life, except for being illegal. One day, she woke up in a prison cell, handcuffed to the ground. She finds out that her beloved, Jason, has now betrayed her. Later on she meets a new character who she has called "The Hating Man". He tells her that she has to help him with something or she will soon be killed. Her task is to go into another cell with three other shadow children. She has to find out info about them and see if the truly are shadow children. Later on, she starts talking to them and they become kind of close. But, they won't tell her anything because they think they are being watched by hidden cameras. Which they weren't. "The Hating Man" was secretly feeding her humungous thanks giving meals, bribing her to try harder. She does'nt have that kind of cold heart, how evil. If he were to find out they were shadow children, he would kill them in an instant. One day while she was talking to him, a gaurd burst through the door. He was holding his neck, the gaurd had been poisoned. "The Hating Man" wasnt paying attention to her. Oddly enough, the keys were sitting right there on the table. She used this opportunity to escape, she grabbed the keys and ran. She opened up the cell and got the three kids. They all escaped together. No one even came looking for them. She told them about the school that she thought was safe, so they could temporarly live there. The younger kids actually knew how to get there. Once they got there, they finally settled in. She discovered a planted garden behind the school. They stole fruits and vegtables during the night. One night, Nina went to pick some more and some one pounced on her. It was Lee. She was dragged off to Mr. Hendricks house not too far away. After talking to him, she saw something. It was "The Hating Man". He was actually Jen Talbot's dad under disguise. The whole jail thing and escape was planned for the safety of them. She had been set up just to see if she could be trusted. Later on she found out everything and was glad she was safe. Well, for now. She later actually agreed to help them. Had Nina just agreed to help fight the population police? Yes, she had. The settings were in the jail building, outside of the Hendricks School, and inside Mr. Hendrick's home. This book was fantastic, and I would definitly recomend this book to anybody that I know!
Scary3rdBook Shadow Children Series
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Nina,Percy,Matthias,Alia try to escape from the Population Police Jail.Percy,Matthias,Alia play a trick on Nina with the Hating man(aka Mr.Talbot)and the guaed who acted like he was posioned.They wanted to see if Nina was really going to betray them.She got the keys and went back for them and they went with her to the woods.The next day they went back to Hendricks School for Boys then they ended the book.
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