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    Risky for a Reason Like a ghost, he hides all the time and is afraid of the light. Among the Hidden is a fictional book by Margaret Peterson Haddix that takes place in a dystopian society. The story is about a boy named Luke Garner who does not legally exist. There is a law that families are not allowed to have more than two children, and Luke has two older brothers. Therefore, Luke has spent his whole life in hiding. Luke had never met anyone except his immediate family, until now. When Luke sees

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    Dynamic characters are characters that are found in almost every book, and are characters that change throughout the story. In Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Luke Garner is a third child, in a country where third children are illegal. In the beginning, Luke is not able to go outside anymore due to the woods being clear, and new houses being built. He is not able to go outside, in fear of someone seeing him. In the middle, Luke meets Jen, another illegal third child. Jen is a baron

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    * Character~ Cecilia has changed/developed more powerful actions and bravery. She has turned from being too shy to ask if she is the real princess and instead she quotes, “Sir Stephen are you Desmia’s tutor too?” on page 6 which is showing us that she was too scared to ask . Then in the middle she was turned into someone who thought they knew everything but she really didn’t on page 171 she says, “I am the real princess.” when she actually doesn’t know. During the end Cecilia was brave enough to

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    The SEEALL Academy Dilnura Turakulova Class 7th grade September 7, 2017 Among the Hidden “Among the Hidden” is a dystopian book written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Luke Garner is a 12-year-old illegal boy in his family according to their society. In Luke’s society third child’s or as I may call it shadow children were illegal. However, if the government found out you had a third child the child was to be eliminated. Luke was raised in a farm near the woods. In addition, Luke wasn’t

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    Margaret Peterson Haddix was born on April 9, 1964. She started growing up at a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio, also the same place she was born. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a nurse. Her siblings were bookworms and even herself. They just loved reading.Even her parents would tell them to put the book down for a little bit and look outside the window and see the world. As a kid, her dream career was to be a author. While she was growing up in her early years, she was soaking

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    An important part of Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix is the traits that the main characters share with the side characters. He shares traits with his enemy mr. Hodge, his sister Katherine, and his alie/ enemy JB. One of the traits jonah shares with mrs. Hodge is the ability to think under pressure. Mr. Hodge shows this trait when he was trapped by the kids in the cave he was calm in saying “ you can come to the future it is better and you don’t have to be split from your family members.” pg.

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    Jessie Keyser, the second oldest child of her family at age 13, lives in the small, 1840s village of Clifton. She is the main protagonist in the young-adult fictional novel, Running Out of Time, by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Though this novel takes place in a 1840s village where everyone is old fashioned, Jessie learns that the world she lives in isn’t what it seems outside. As you go through more of the story, you start to learn that it isn’t 1840, it was actually 1996. Jessie faces the dangers that

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    some even as young as 13 were employed. Usually the workers would work 12 to 14 hour shifts a day, 6 days a week, getting payed only four to five dollars a week. The company was owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. The book “Uprising” by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a historical fiction that teaches students about how working in a factory was. This book is about these three young girls named Yetta, Bella, and Jane began to realize the factory owners were cheating them and not paying the right amount

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    Among the Hidden is a science fiction novel written by Margaret Peterson Haddix, published in 1998. Luke Garner is hiding from the Population Police. He meets a brave girl named Jen, who wants to revolt against the government because she is a third child like Luke. The Garners live on a farm in a community where families can only have two children. In the fall, the woods behind twelve-year-old Luke’s house are destroyed. Luke must stay hidden! There are multiple characters in Among the Hidden

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    It slowly dropped to the ground. It caught on fire and bam! The whole building was in attack mode. Courage is when someone takes risks to help someone or something when active. Bella, Yetta, and Jane, the main characters in “Uprising”, By: Margaret Peterson Haddix show characteristics of courage by sticking up for what they believe in and helping people when taking risks, as well as talking back to their bosses/guardians. The first part is all about Bella joining the strike and talking back to her

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