In the future you can only have two kids, so when a boy, Luke, is born is parents lie to him about the government and make him hid in the attic (his room). Luke lives by a forest so he could go outside and play, but when the city planes to build houses by Luke's house he cannot go outside. So when the houses are up his mom does not want him to be near the windows, so he as to sit on the steps to his room or in his room all day.
So one day Luke sees a shadow in a house in the back of his house and he thinks it is a third child. One day he goes over to the house and meets a girl, Jen, She tells him about what the government can and cannot do. When Jen tells him about a rally for third kids, and Jen asks
Luke if he wants to go, and he says "no". So Jen goes and some trouble happens at the rally.
Other books by Margaret Peterson Haddix:
1) Found
2)Running Out of Time
3)Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey
4)Leaving Fishers
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