"Everything that had happened to Nina was real. She had real handcuffs on her wrists, real scars on her back, real fear flooding her mind.
"'They're going to kill me,' Nina whispered, and it was almost a relief to finally, finally give up hope."
In a society that allows no more than two children per family under penalty of death, third children are forced into hiding, or to live with false identity papers. In Among the Impostors, Nina Idi was arrested for treason for supposedly trying to trick the Population Police into arresting other students she said were illegal third children. Now she faces torture or death — unless she agrees to betray three other imprisoned third children. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets the prisoners — who are only ten, nine, and six.
As she did so brilliantly in the Publishers Weekly best-selling Among the Hidden and in Among the Impostors, Margaret Peterson Haddix once again brings readers to a world in which nothing is as it seems — a world in which an imprisonment leads to an adventure of mind, body, and spirit.
Among the Betrayed (Shadow Children Series #3) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including the Children of Exile series, The Missing series, the Under Their Skin series, and the Shadow Children series. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for The Indianapolis News. She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her at HaddixBooks.com.
ISBN-13: 9780689839054
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date: 06/01/2002
Series: Shadow Children Series , #3
Edition description: Repackage
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile: 690L
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years
Chapter books - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General
Chapter books - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
Chapter books - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction | General
-Conduct of life -Science fiction
-Betrayal
- Topical | Family
OCLC Number: OCLC#46872298
Awards: Colorado Children's Book Award | Nominee | Junior Novel | 2006 ; Massachusetts Children's Book Award | Honor Book | Children's Book | 2006 - 2007
Dewey: FIC
LC Call Number: PZ7.H1164
LCCN: 2001032214