Among the Imposters - Margaret Peterson Haddix

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Title: Among the Imposters
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Genre: Dystopian, YA
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 172
Date read: July, 2012

Luke Garner is terrified.

Out of hiding for the first time in his life, he knows that any minute one of his new classmates at Hendricks School for Boys could discover his secret: that he's a third child passing as the recently deceased Lee Grant. And in a society where it's illegal for families to have more than two children, being a third child means certain death at the hands of the dreaded Population Police.

His first experience outside the safety of his home is bewildering. There's not a single window anywhere in the school; Luke can't tell his classmates apart (even as they subject him to brutal hazing); and the teachers seem oblivious to it all.

Desperate to fit in, Luke endures the confusion and teasing until he discovers an unlocked door to the outside, and a chance to understand what is really going on. But to take this chance -- to find out the secrets of Hendricks -- Luke will need to put aside his fears and discover a courage that a lifetime in hiding couldn't thwart.

lizziey told me that I had been wrongly informed and that Shadow Children indeed is one series rather than a bunch of companion novels. Naturally I couldn't let that pass without consequence, so I immediately picked up the second book in the series.

I'd have to say it was just as good as the first one. The universe is still being built, as Luke/Lee is getting used to life outside his family home. Somehow I didn't find it quite as dark as the first, but I think Jen had a lot to do with that.

Again a quick read, so I'll probably stick with the series until the books start to get too boring or repetitive.