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4.6 stars
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A lawyer in Victorian London tries to understand the nature of the strange relationship between his physician friend and the cruel and violent man he seems to protect. Illustrated sidebar notes provide historical background to the text.
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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I was pleasantly surprised by how touching and thought provoking this book was. Yes, it's about first crushes, but also so much more.
The different perspectives might even help you to know yourself a little better.
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In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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Shadow children volume 7.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In the last book of the Shadow Children series, Luke Garner, an illegal third child works for the population police undercover with friends. He is sent, in the middle of the night, to hand out identification cards. An old lady refuses to cooperate, and when Luke (under the name of Lee) will not shoot her, he runs away and finds a starving city that is also done with the population police and just waiting to die. They help him on his way and Luke makes his way to another city that gives him the astonishing news that the police have been overthrown dew to the rebellion that Luke started when he dropped the gun. But is this new government any better than the old one, and is Luke and all third children really free?
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When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.
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Shadow children volume 6.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.
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Shadow children volume 3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The suspense is nerve-racking! Margeret P. Haddix is an amazing author!
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Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.