Pub Date: August 1, 2003
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012418677
Lexile Code: 0690
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 14
Physical Info: 0.49" H x 7.64" L x 6.38" W ( 0.27 lbs) 156 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General | Action and Adventure | Family | General see also headings under Social Themes
Series: Shadow Children
Description: 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.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: "Haddix is a superb storyteller and her view of a future.world . . . is both scary and plausible."