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Among the Betrayed (Shadow Children #3)
"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
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Published
June 1st 2002
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Feb 14, 2013
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Among The Betrayed
Can you picture living in a world where three children aren’t aloud and they have to hide? Nina was stuck in a life or death situation once she got put in jail. The population police didn’t know that Nina was a third child, so she ended up there because her friend Jason betrayed her. A man that Nina calls: the hating man, told her that she would be put into a cave with three other children to find out their secrets. Nina had the option of either telling the Hating...more
Among The Betrayed
Can you picture living in a world where three children aren’t aloud and they have to hide? Nina was stuck in a life or death situation once she got put in jail. The population police didn’t know that Nina was a third child, so she ended up there because her friend Jason betrayed her. A man that Nina calls: the hating man, told her that she would be put into a cave with three other children to find out their secrets. Nina had the option of either telling the Hating...more
In the book among the betrayed by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Nina is put to the test. In this 156 page realistic fiction thriller, Nina's life appears to be on the line. This book takes turns that you would never expect and it really keeps you interested. Out of the books that I have read so far this one has to be the best. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in or wants to get started reading. This is another 5 star book written by haddix.
In the book, Nina is taken to population po...more
In the book, Nina is taken to population po...more
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Among the Betrayed is about a young shadow child named Nina. She is arrested by the population police during breakfast at her school. While in jail she is told that she either betrays three little children or all of them dies. While in a meeting with the guy that is bribing her the one police officer falls ill, Nina sees his keys and grabs them while no one is watching. Doing this allows her and the other three kids to escape into the woods. While in the woods, they are faced with hardships and...more
Haddix switches focus in AMONG THE BETRAYED (Shadow Children #3) from Luke who we followed through the first to books to Nina Idi. Continuing the story from where things were left in book #2, Jason and Nina have been arrested as traitors and accomplices, conspiring to falsely turn over shadow children to the Population Police.
The danger is much more present and direct in this third installment as Nina struggles for survival in Prison. Hungry, terrified and feeling betrayed by all her friends inc...more
The danger is much more present and direct in this third installment as Nina struggles for survival in Prison. Hungry, terrified and feeling betrayed by all her friends inc...more
Third in 'The Shadow Children Sequence,' and perhaps the most fascinating so far, with its edgy examination of trust and perception.
'Among the Betrayed' shifts focus and the protagonist of the first two books in Haddix's seven-volume series becomes a minor player. A peripheral character in 'Among the Impostors,' Nina, takes center stage. Readers of the first two books, and it definitely is a plus to have read these first, will themselves not be sure whether to trust Nina.
Nina, held and questio...more
'Among the Betrayed' shifts focus and the protagonist of the first two books in Haddix's seven-volume series becomes a minor player. A peripheral character in 'Among the Impostors,' Nina, takes center stage. Readers of the first two books, and it definitely is a plus to have read these first, will themselves not be sure whether to trust Nina.
Nina, held and questio...more
This book is a 4.9 on the AR reading list. I finished it about 3 hours after I picked it up from the library. It really kept me reading! One thing that was different from the first two books is that the protagonist is female. She is a very young teen who had a crush on a boy in book 2. In this book she has been seperated from the boyfriend and she spends a lot of time lamenting over her "lost love". It's strange to read about such a young girl being in love. She reflects numerous times on kisses...more
This is for my third quarter reading
I give this book 4/5 stars. This is because the book is intense and mysterious. It is mysterious starting from the beginning. The story line was good from the beginning. It dragged me in just from the start. Then i knew I would like the book. And I was right.
The books starts off with a girls named Nina Idi. She comes into the story in jail. She is given little food. Then one of the head people at the jail comes and talks to her. He tells her she is going to mo...more
I give this book 4/5 stars. This is because the book is intense and mysterious. It is mysterious starting from the beginning. The story line was good from the beginning. It dragged me in just from the start. Then i knew I would like the book. And I was right.
The books starts off with a girls named Nina Idi. She comes into the story in jail. She is given little food. Then one of the head people at the jail comes and talks to her. He tells her she is going to mo...more
In the book Among the Betrayed by Margaret Peterson Haddix, the kids that were born to be called an extra child. Nina who is the main character is the one telling the story through out this book. She grew up in a society where you were on allowed to kids. Nina ends up getting in trouble with the Population Police and is carried to the prison where the kids who get caught without there I.D’s are put. While in the prison she meets 3 kids Percy, Mathhhias and Alia. These 3 kids have been in this p...more
Well, I give book 3 of the series a 3.5, because I liked it but not enough for 4 stars! Among the betrayed is Nina’s side of the story after she was taken by the Population Police. Nina and Jason had been arrested at the end of Among the Imposters after Jason had attempted to turn in the shadow children. Nina was innocent, but was accused of being Jason’s accomplice in trying to steel from the government by turning in fake shadow children. Of course, Jason was actually turning in real illegals,...more
Among the Betrayed is the third book in the Shadow Children series by Haddix. Thirteen-year-old Nina, from Among the Impostors is arrested by the Population Police. Thrown in prison and given a choice she struggles with a decision. She can betray three other third children in prison or be killed. The psychological struggle She must reveal the identity of other illegally born third children or face her own execution.
Firmly seated in Nina’s inner psychological war it’s easy to empathize and feel...more
Firmly seated in Nina’s inner psychological war it’s easy to empathize and feel...more
In Among the Impostors, we continued with Luke and met some of the boys at The Hendricks School as well as met girls from a neighboring girls school, The Harlow School, including Nina Idi.
At the end of Among the Impostors, Jason, who was working undercover with the Population Police to out students who are forbidden, third children, was instead arrested under the guise that he himself was a forbidden 3rd child. So the other 3rd children that he had gotten to know and were about to betray were s...more
At the end of Among the Impostors, Jason, who was working undercover with the Population Police to out students who are forbidden, third children, was instead arrested under the guise that he himself was a forbidden 3rd child. So the other 3rd children that he had gotten to know and were about to betray were s...more
I am really on the fence between 3 and 4 stars, but I was more impressed with this book than with the first two, so I will give it four stars! Also I read it in like four hours, so that should say something.
This was the third in the Shadow Children series. The whole premise is that the kids live in a futuristic society where all families are only allowed to have two kids because the country is going through droughts and famines and what have you. However, due to some parents with high sex drives...more
This was the third in the Shadow Children series. The whole premise is that the kids live in a futuristic society where all families are only allowed to have two kids because the country is going through droughts and famines and what have you. However, due to some parents with high sex drives...more
Mar 08, 2013
Debbie Reiber
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Among the Betrayed by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a science fiction children’s book. The age group this book is intended for is intermediate readers. The book talks about the government controlling the population by only allowing two children per family. If families had any more than two children, they would be executed; so, many families hid the children known as shadow children or exnays.
I like how this book was written. The book theme was based on survival. I like how the younger characters k...more
I like how this book was written. The book theme was based on survival. I like how the younger characters k...more
I chose to read this book because I have read the previous two in the series. In a time in the future, there is a population law that states that 3rd children are illegal, and will be executed if caught. Nina, a third child, was betrayed by a friend and is now in a prison cell with three other third children. Nina decides to help the three and herself and escape the prison cell. My favorite quote is "You were supposed to wake up from nightmares." I like this quote it describes how Nina felt whil...more
This is the third book in the "Shadow Children" series. For the first time in the series, the story is told through a female's eyes. Nina is arrested at the end of book 2 and taken to prison for being a conspirator in a betrayal plot. In this book, she is assigned the duty of betraying other illegal third children if she wants to save her own life. There are so many twists and turns in this story that there isn't much else I should say about the plot. This book is as engaging and interesting as...more
I loved this book and this author. It doesn't focus on Luke a lot, it focuses on Nina.Nina is eating breakfast when she is arrested for a reason she doesn't know. In jail, she is put with three children named Alia, Percy, and Matthias.
She is offered freedom from the prison if she spies on the kids and betrays them. She wants to be free but she doesn't want to betray the kids. So, together, all four of them escape jail. They try hard to make survive with no one but each other.But when their food...more
She is offered freedom from the prison if she spies on the kids and betrays them. She wants to be free but she doesn't want to betray the kids. So, together, all four of them escape jail. They try hard to make survive with no one but each other.But when their food...more
I thought this book was really, good although I never read the two books before i caught on fast. I had already know some about the books beofre because we had talked about it in 6th grade with Miss Hieger when we were going to do the book reports thing. But when I went to the library the first week of the school year they didnt have among the hidden, the first one. I got the book and read it and i was imediately hooked on it. It took me a while to read because I read it in small chunks but when...more
Jan 17, 2013
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Among the Betrayed
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Nina, one of the girls at the school was taken by the Population Police and put in the prision and was tortured. She met Mr. Tablet (Jen’s dad), and she called him the “Angry Man” where he put her to dungen with 3 younger children where being kept.
Nina was taken by Angry Man every couple of days where she was fed nice food while the rest of the kids were fed moldy bread every couple of days. She was told to betray them by getting their real names but...more
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Nina, one of the girls at the school was taken by the Population Police and put in the prision and was tortured. She met Mr. Tablet (Jen’s dad), and she called him the “Angry Man” where he put her to dungen with 3 younger children where being kept.
Nina was taken by Angry Man every couple of days where she was fed nice food while the rest of the kids were fed moldy bread every couple of days. She was told to betray them by getting their real names but...more
"Among the Betrayed" is the third book in the Shadow Children book series. Margaret Peterson Haddix fills this book with loads of suspense in every chapter.
In this book, Elodie, an illegal third child, is posing as Nina Ida at Harlow School for Girls. She has recently been discovered of being a third child and has been arrested by the Population Police. She is interviewed by the Population Police and tell Nina how she was discovered. It turns out that Jason, Nina's crush who claims to be an il...more
In this book, Elodie, an illegal third child, is posing as Nina Ida at Harlow School for Girls. She has recently been discovered of being a third child and has been arrested by the Population Police. She is interviewed by the Population Police and tell Nina how she was discovered. It turns out that Jason, Nina's crush who claims to be an il...more
The third novel in Haddix's Shadow Children series leaves Luke/Lee to focus on a new protagonist.
Nina was a minor character in the second book, a girl at a neighboring school who apparently betrayed Luke and other illegal third children. This book quickly establishes the mistake in that perspective, a device which helps draw the reader in towards sympathy faster than usual. Haddix has the difficult task of showing Nina's reactions to a world which the reader actually understands better than she...more
Nina was a minor character in the second book, a girl at a neighboring school who apparently betrayed Luke and other illegal third children. This book quickly establishes the mistake in that perspective, a device which helps draw the reader in towards sympathy faster than usual. Haddix has the difficult task of showing Nina's reactions to a world which the reader actually understands better than she...more
Feb 16, 2012
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Margaret Peterson knows how to write a story about how people change In Among the Betrayed. In the beginning of the story Nina Iddy was an impulsive, timid, and naïve girl willing to kill three kids to save her life.
She was betrayed by her boyfriend and arrested because of him. Nina had no clue what Jayson was up to. Since Nina was arrested she was put into a position that she did not want to be in, to betray 3 kids who will then be killed or to be killed...more
Among the betrayed
2/2/12
LA
Margaret Peterson knows how to write a story about how people change In Among the Betrayed. In the beginning of the story Nina Iddy was an impulsive, timid, and naïve girl willing to kill three kids to save her life.
She was betrayed by her boyfriend and arrested because of him. Nina had no clue what Jayson was up to. Since Nina was arrested she was put into a position that she did not want to be in, to betray 3 kids who will then be killed or to be killed...more
Accidentally read this one out of order -- 2nd instead of 3rd. I don't think that hurt too much, though.
In book #1 Luke had a country/suburban view of being hidden. Nina gives a more city view. She also was raised as an only child (with her grandmother and great-aunts) rather than as a 3rd child. It's interesting to see what a difference that makes. Does it seem real that she wouldn't know about sunrise?
Why no windows in Harlow School for Girls? The girls all presumably have ID cards. Is it beca...more
In book #1 Luke had a country/suburban view of being hidden. Nina gives a more city view. She also was raised as an only child (with her grandmother and great-aunts) rather than as a 3rd child. It's interesting to see what a difference that makes. Does it seem real that she wouldn't know about sunrise?
Why no windows in Harlow School for Girls? The girls all presumably have ID cards. Is it beca...more
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Even though im not done reading this book, it is really good. I read the last book among the hidden and it was probably even better than this book, but im not done reading it so we will find out. what i really like about this book is that the imagery is outstanding! I dont think ive read a book with better imagery! it makes mee feel like im right beside her in the book and she is talking to me, telling me the story. what could have been better about the book is that they dont jump around as much...more
In the book Among the Betrayed it was about a girl called Nina. She was arrested by the population police and taken to prison. The population police told Nina to betray 3 other third children. She visits the warden of the prison every day and he asked her if Nina found any thing about the kids she said no. One of the guards gets poisoned and Nina takes his keys and a lot of food back to her cell. She tells the other kids she has keys they wait until things settle down from the guard getting pois...more
Jan 04, 2009
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Nina never thought she would end up in prison for trying to betray third child. She was a third child herself. How could she betray her own kind? And how could Jason betray her? Jason had been more than a friend to her at Harlow School for Girls. More than a friend indeed. And now he had betrayed her... Nina would get her revenge. So when her interigator - the Hating Man, as she called him - gave her a deal, she took it. The orders were simple. "We have three children," he says. "All are seeming...more
I think this book is very interesting. I really like it. It's probably one of my favorite books because it teaches you a lesson about betraying someone and also trusting people. My favorite part of the story was when Nina thought about eating the food and not sharing with the other kids but then she desided that she will share because it wouldn't be fair that she would get a chance to eat. My least favorite part of the book is when Nina had asked the kids how they knew all this stuff and about h...more
I'm a bit in awe of this series. Those reading these books enter into an existence where third-children grow up in the shadows and learn early on that they can either hide or fight the government that has forbidden them to live. There are safe-havens and prisons, alliances and betrayal, political movements and political tyranny. It's all very scary and thought-provoking. And these are books for kids? I am delighted to read a series that believes young minds to be capable of understanding and dis...more
This is one of my favorite novels in the series. Haddix shifts protagonists in this book, moving from Luke Garner who the reader first met in Among the Hidden,to Nina Idi, a minor character in Among the Impostors. The shift allows Haddix to continue to move her story forward on the same time continuum. It also allows her to introduce Mathias, Percy, and Alia (the kiddie commandos as my student and I refer to them). Haddix further explores the issues of betrayal and trust in this novel through fl...more
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Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana; a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis; and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danvil...more
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