Among the betrayed / Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Material type:
TextSeries: Shadow children ; 3Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003Copyright date: ©2002Edition: First Aladdin Paperbacks editionDescription: 156, [14] pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 068983909X
- 9780689839092
- 9781439528204
- 1439528209
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | Haddix Margaret | SC3 | Available | 33111008484541 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What does it mean to save yourself?
Nina 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....
"Shadow children book."
Sequel to: Among the impostors.
Publisher's advertisements follow text.
Ages 9-14.
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.