Among the Betrayed

Among the Betrayed"Everything that had happened to Nina was real. She had real handcuffs on her wrists, real scars on her back, real fear flooding her mind. "'They're going to kill me, ' Nina whispered, and it was almost a relief to finally, finally give up hope." In a society that allows no more than two children per family under penalty of death, third children are forced into hiding, or to live with false identity papers. In Among the Impostors, Nina Idi was

"Everything that had happened to Nina was real. She had real handcuffs on her wrists, real scars on her back, real fear flooding her mind.
"'They're going to kill me, ' Nina whispered, and it was almost a relief to finally, finally give up hope."
In a society that allows no more than two children per family under penalty of death, third children are forced into hiding, or to live with false identity papers. In Among the Impostors, Nina Idi was arrested for treason for supposedly trying to trick the Population Police into arresting other students she said were illegal third children. Now she faces torture or death -- unless she agrees to betray three other imprisoned third children. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets the prisoners -- who are only ten, nine, and six.
As she did so brilliantly in the Publishers Weekly best-selling Among the Hidden and in Among the Impostors, Margaret Peterson Haddix once again brings readers to a world in which nothing is as it seems -- a world in which an imprisonment leads to an adventure of mind, body, and spirit.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/01/2002
ISBN: 9780689839054
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.72w x 0.68d
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2002 pg. 733
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2002 pg. 126
School Library Journal 06/01/2002 pg. 138
Publishers Weekly 06/10/2002 pg. 61
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2002 pg. 58
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 373 - Recommended, Satisfactory
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 03/15/2003 pg. 1311
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 373 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 59349 / Among the Betrayed
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5