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Among the Imposters

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When "Lee Grant" goes to school, he is not used to going to school, "although he has been going all his life." The truth is, Lee Grant is dead. Luke Garner is a third or shadow child, a violation of Population Law. All families must have 2 children max because of food shortage. So Luke gets a fake ID, a chance to come out of the shadows, to meet new people. So LEE GRANT (A.K.A Luke Garner) enters Hendricks School for Boys, the equivelent to Harrow School for Girls. Tortured and getting a record breaking 10 demerits is not what Luke calls meeting new people. Luke is also scared. Do you call showers ang toilets with nodoors, eight nosy people to a room and only one table for his grade very private? No! Luke is worried that someone will catch him. Turn him in, which means death. He knows that from previous expirience. Then Luke finds a door, leading to a wood. THat's his ticket from strange boys and weird teachers. THis book is amazing! It's kind of slow a t first but keep reading! I was reading it at a restaraunt and I kept gasping, and everyone kept turning around and looking at me. I wouldn't even eat! Now my dad is reading it and he loves it!

Margaret Peterson Haddix has done it again! Among the Imposters is an exciting book that refuses to be put down. As a sequel to Among the Hidden it rates very highly. Many sequels often lose some of the power that the original book portrays, however Among the Imposters not only is an excellent story in its own right, it also readies the reader for the next installment in the series. Third children in this future society are not allowed. In fact families are closely monitered by the Population Police. However many third children secretly exist. Luke,our protagonist in this story, is a boy that has lived in secret with his parents for all of his life. The discovery that other third children exist is new to him. He is helped by a neighbor and former father of a third child. Luke is given a new identity and is enrolled in a private school. At first Luke lives in terror that he will be discovered. But as time goes on he realizes that all is not as it should be in this school. The author surprises the reader with many suspense filled twists in the plot that keep you guessing until the end. Students and teachers in my school were so enthralled with Among the Hidden that they are lining up for the opportunity to check out Among the Imposters. As the librarian, it will be my challenge to keep this series current!

The book Among the Impostors is written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. She writes about a boy named Luke who has taken the secret identity of Lee Grant, because he is an illegal third child and is hiding from the population police. When he arrives at Hendricks School for Boys he thinks that this will be a new adventure for him. After he meets Rolly, and a bunch of other boys he knows that he will be in for a lot of trouble because they are mean and secretive. After the weeks he had been there, trying to figure out his schedule and trying to make a friend, he still didn't get it. One day, he was wandering to find his class when he found a door that was cracked open ajar. There was a bright light shining through the door. He decided to sneak out. It was like heaven to him. He hadn't been outside since he lived at home and the woods were behind his house, but then they tore down the woods and he wasn't allowed to go outside anymore. After that day at school since he had been outside and he hadn't gotten in trouble, he decided that he was going to do that every day. You will have to read this amazing book to find out if he gets discovered by the population police or if he will be continuing his little visits outside in enjoyment by himself.
This book catches you in the decisions that Lee has to make. You travel with him and see what being a third illegal child would be like. I recommend this book to any reader who is looking for a book that has a weird twist in the end and is entertained by jam packed action books.

Among the Imposters details the life of a boy who must live his life unknown. Where he comes from you may only have 2 children. So he is hidden in a boarding school with another name and identity. He finds his true self in a place where no one is who they seem to be. This story is so well written you need not read Among the Hidden to cherish the pages of this book. You will become part of the school and the story as if you were there. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Read it aloud, share it with a friend but, by all means, don't miss this opportunity to read this book. You won't be sorry!!! It's guaranteed to thrill, shock and amaze you.

In Among the Imposters Luke Gardner is an illegal 3rd child. He is illegal because there is a food shortage and the population police will kill him if he gets caught by them. His friend Jen has her dad help him get a fake ID. He gets Luke enrolled at a new school. The school is called Hendricks school for boys. First of all at school he does not get to the right class on time. He keeps getting lost. Then he has a roommate named Jason that makes him do embarrassing things. He makes Luke sing stupid songs or if he doesn't do what he says he will hurt him. Then one exciting day Luke finds a door to the outside world. But when he goes into the outside world he goes into the woods. He is out of hiding and into danger. His roommate Jason who was doing such horrible things to him is also a 3rd child like Luke. But one night Luke finds out that Jason is on the bad team. Jason has been talking to the population police about Luke. Then Luke's friend Jen has her dad step in and arrests Jason. Luke goes and talks to Mr. Hendricks who is the owner of the school about what all just happen and the problems he has been dealing with at the school. Mr. Hendricks takes care of the problems and Luke then gets to all the right classes and on time. Luke continues going to school there with no problems.

OK, I think this was an OK book, but it was defitinley not as good as the first one. The story plot goes as followed:

Luke Garner, an illegal third child, tries to fit into life where the government rules. They make a law that third children are not allowed, because of food shortage. That means all the third children have to hide, and if the Population Police ever find them, they would be dead. Now, you have to read the first book before you read this book, because they talk alot about things that happened in the first book, called "Among the Hidden." Luke's neighbor, Mr. Talbot, a Population Police that is secretly giving Third Children fake I.D.'s and helping them along their back, helps Luke by sending him to a school called "Hendrick's School of Boys." Luke misses his home, and he starts to make a garden because his parents made a garden at his house. One day, while Luke goes outside to check on his garden, he sees that it is ruined. He then hears voices so he hides behind a tree. There comes a boy that picked on Luke, called "Jackal Boy", and soon Luke turns "friends" with Jackal Boy (Jason). Then he learns that Jason is making a way to help Third Children. Luke feels this is his chance to help Jen, a former friend of his.

It is not as good as the first book, and, in fact, it is the worst book in the series. Although it is still rated 5 stars.

All the books in the Series:

Among The Hidden--the first book in the series.

Among The Imposters--the second book in the series.

Among The Betrayed--the third book in the series.

Among The Barons--the fourth book in the series.

Among The Brave--the fifth book in the series.

Overall I loved Among the Impostors. The book started really slow, but towards the end it was one of those books I couldn't put down! My advice: Read Among the Hidden before you read Among the Impostors and after Among the Impostors read Among the Betrayed!!

This book was about a boy who was the third child and beacuse of the population law he has to be kept in hiding (the population law was 2 kids per parents)but at the end of the first book in the series (among the hidden)he gets a new identity, his new identy is Lee Grant. The former Lee Grant had died in a skiing accident and so Luke (that was the main charater's name before he got his new ID)got his identity. Luke then goes to an all boys school.He later in the book (when he is walking to one of his classes one day) finds a door outside and he goes out there and after a few times of going outside (like different days) he plants a garden out there (which he was very excited about, because he didnt have all that many friends at his new school and since he was in hiding so long, he finally had something of his very own)but one day when he went out there to work more on the garden he relized that his garden had been destroyed. He plans on finding out who destroyed it and one day when he went back out there he had heard a group of people talking about him (there was some girls too because they had came over from the all girls school to have a little private meeting with some of the boys at the all boys school). And then later on he finds out that that group was also people that were in hiding. Luke becomes friends with them. I dont want to say anymore because I dont want to give away the ending. But I must say that this book has a very suprising ending and I think that most of you would enjoy this book alot. I thought that this book was great! I loved right from the beginning. I liked how it gave so much detail in the story and how descriptive it was. I was one of those books where once you start it you cant put it down. But I would definently read the first book in the series (among the hidden) first because this book pretty much takes off right where that one ends.

Luke Garner is given a fake I.D. and is sent to Hendricks School for Boys with the name Lee Grant. He gets lost finding his classrooms and hates the meals. then he finds an unlocked door to the outside and meets Jason. Is he a friend or an enemy? Among the Imposters is a good book but not as good Among the Hidden.

Margaret Peterson Haddix does it again with the sequel to Among the Hidden. Luke, now Lee, arrives at a school where no one seems to notice him, especially the teachers. How odd to spend one's life in fear of being discovered, then finding out no one cares to discover you at all. But it doesn't stop there. The school itself is odd, with no windows, and the students are equally strange- some bullies, other withdrawn. Soon, Luke discovers the school isn't all it's meant to be. Well written, easy to read, and equally frustrating in the ending as the first. Thank goodness Margaret Peterson Haddix has agreed to seven books in this series. I hear the next is Among the Betrayed. If you are a Haddix fan, this is a must read.