Among the Betrayed: Volume 3 Repackage Edition Contributor(s): Haddix, Margaret Peterson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689839057 ISBN-13: 9780689839054 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2002 Annotation: Nina Idi has been arrested for falsely accusing some classmates of being illegal third children--a capital crime in their society. Now she is being asked to betray others--or risk being executed. Click for more in this series: Shadow Children |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001032214 |
Age Level: 9-12 |
Grade Level: 4-7 |
Lexile Measure: 690(Not Available) |
Series: Shadow Children |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.72" W x 8.53" L (0.57 lbs) 160 pages |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product |
Awards: Colorado Children's Book Award, Nominee, Junior Novel, 2006 Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2006 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2002 pg. 733 Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2002 pg. 126 School Library Journal 06/01/2002 pg. 138 Publishers Weekly 06/10/2002 pg. 61 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2002 pg. 58 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 373 - Recommended, Satisfactory ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 03/15/2003 pg. 1311 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 373 - Recommended, Satisfactory |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 59349 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 spir |
Contributor Bio(s): Haddix, Margaret Peterson: - 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. |
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