Among the Hidden (Book Worksheet)

Main Characters: Luke, Jennifer
Summary: There is a new Population Rule in which each family can't have more than 2 kids. Luke is one of the lonely "shadow children". Shadow children are illegal, but families keep third children and hide them. Some of the children are caught by the Population Police and the family that keep the children must pay a large fee. Luke never went outside to meet anyone and besides his immediate family, he never met a person before. One day, Luke discovers a face in the window of his neighbor's house where he knew 2 boys lived in. He learns that there was also a third child in the other house who was a girl. Luke sneaks into his neighbor's house and meets Jen(Jennifer). Jen trusts Luke and tells him about a plan she is willing to risk her life for- a plan in which hundreds of shadow children are going to march to the government and protest for the rights that everybody else has. Luke is afraid and decides not to go. After the day of the plan passes, Luke gets worried and goes to Jen's house. Luke is caught by Jen's father and learns that Jen's own father works for the Population Police. Jen's father tells Luke that Jen and forty other shadow children have been shot down. Jen's father tells Luke to hide when more Population Policemen come to investigate. Jen's father then offers Luke a fake ID card so that he can live as somebody else and not be "illegal". Luke says goodbye to his family and becomes a new person- Lee Grant.

1. me

2. You are special because you are you and not me (I am special because I am me and not you)

3. Luke: scared, worried, kind
Jennifer: determined, proud, stubborn

3a. I think Jen was inspiring for some shadow children because of her determination to carry out her plan and show the government who's boss. Jen didn't listen to any of the pleads to not do the dangerous plans, instead she just kept on encouraging other people to help her with the plan. Jen didn't even care when Luke said that he wouldn't be part of the plan. I was very sad when Jen died.



4. The scene in which Jen's father told Luke to escape out of the secret closet backdoor was impressive. Jen's father had actually lied and only said that to make Luke go to the back of the closet.

I think that it was impressive because Jen's father didn't panic and just easily lied to make Luke hide in the back of the closet and I also think that Jen's father was very clever to do that.

5. The author was trying to tell you that you have to say what you want to say and believe what you want to believe even if you are at gunpoint or have a knife to your throat, just like Jen did. She believed that shadow children should be treated like everybody else.

6. I would rate this book a 9 because I liked the plot and the ending because it made me want to read the next book in the series. I didn't give it a ten because the idea was used in many books I read, for example, The Giver by Lois Lowry.

7.
Beginning: Luke meets Jen and learns about her plan to rally all the Shadow Children.


Climax: Jen dies and Luke is offered a fake ID card.

Ending: Luke leaves his family and becomes a new person, Lee Grant.