Ayn Rand's Among The Hidden

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Among the Hidden is about a boy named Luke. Luke is what many people called a "shadow child." A shadow child is normally a third or fourth child in the family. these children had to be kept a secret due to a law during this time. The law stated you may not have more than two children, so the population can be kept down. Lukes problem was obvious, He was supposed to be kept a secret. If the population police found a shadow child, the child would be murdered. But Luke was very well hidden thanks to the woods surrounding his families farm. But the government soon bought the woods around his farm and planned on building a town where the woods used to be. So now Luke was barely allowed out of his room, which was also the attic. Lukes dad wouldn't

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