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Among the Hidden — Content Guide for Parents

By Margaret Peterson HaddixScholastic IncorporatedISBN 9780545139106153 pages
Among the Hidden

Found in this book

  • ViolenceBrief
  • Scary contentSupporting

Not found

  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Among the Hidden appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Luke learns that Jen and other shadow children were shot and killed and the killings were covered up; this happens offstage and is not described. Luke lives in constant fear of being found by the Population Police, and a major child character is killed, which some kids may find upsetting.

  • Does Among the Hidden have violence?

    Found (Brief): Luke learns that Jen and other shadow children were shot and killed and the killings were covered up; this happens offstage and is not described.

  • Does Among the Hidden have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): Luke lives in constant fear of being found by the Population Police, and a major child character is killed, which some kids may find upsetting.

  • Does Among the Hidden have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Among the Hidden have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Among the Hidden have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Among the Hidden have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Among the Hidden have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Among the Hidden have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does Among the Hidden have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.