Among the Hidden question

I have them in my middle school classroom library. They are very popular. I think they are good choice for kids who aren't quite ready for Hunger Games.

My sixth grade teacher used it as a read-aloud for our survival unit

The new Common Core State Standards list this book ("Among the Hidden" which is the book listed as the book talked about in this thread) as recommended for 7th grade in ELA (English Language Arts). Or this was so as of last August. I considered using it for my Reading class but ultimately chose "The Giver" instead. While I enjoyed the book, I felt using too many dystopian novels with male protagonists in a semester-long course was inadvisable.

In middle school, we had something to do with this. I can't remember what, but it freaked me out. I was in my anti-dystopian period then.

I read this book when I was in 4th/5th grade.

YES they need to have this for class cause most of the stuff my teachers have us read are so boreding and im the kind of person if i dont find it interesting i just cant read it... but yeah i love this secries they are amazing!!!

I started reading this series when I was going into 7th grade. The third book was on my summer reading list for school that was voluntary (you got prize for reading the summer books). So I never was actually required to read the series but I did starting in 7th grade on my own for AR points. The last book finally came out when I was in about 9th.

6th grade is where i see them most- im on 7th, and im ready:)

My teacher read it in 4th grade , the kids in my class really enjoyed it !!

We read it in our 6th grade reading class and my teacher obsessed about connecting it to China's one child policy. However, I had read the series in fourth grade so I was more interested in the politics in sixth grade than the story.

I read this book in 5th grade (I'm now graduated, class of 2012) because my teacher recommended it. I think it's a great book to read in 4th-6th grade. I finished the series early 7th grade and bought all the books my freshman year. A lot of my other classmates also read the book because of our teachers recommendation. (: I'll always thank her for introducing me to the series.
I absolutely loved the books.

no, my son read the series as part of his A.R. requirement (They had to read books rated at a certain level...hundreds to choose from) but it was not specifically used by his teachers. It was a great series and really got hin thinking. During the time he was reading this, China was on the news for limiting the amount of children a couple could have and he went "ding, ding, ding"

I actually started my fifth graders off with this book as a class novel. My goals were to teach them how to talk about their thinking and motivate them to read. It lit the fire. I had to search all local libraries and call in all the copies of this series (The Shadow Children) for them when we finished it. I had waiting lists for the books.

I used this book for my sci-fi unit with my 7th graders- they LOVED it, which was a relief because I am not super comfortable with all sci-fi. I know the reading level is a bit low for 7th grade, but with interest as high as it was, and the higher-order conversations we had, I am not complaining!

we read it in class just as an enjoyable read..i'm in grade 6 and our whole class loved it :)

*By the first sentence, i meant in class, i did read it.

I didn't read it when I was younger. Normally, in my English class, we read books to learn from them and practice a skill to go with it. I'm not really sure what you could learn that's easy enough for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. I'm sure if they liked the book, they'd be very interested in something you wanted to teach along with it, but if you don't have something specific you want to have go along with it, then there's no point in making the kids read it. Don't get me wrong, I really liked this book. That would probably be why most teachers don't make their kids read it for class, but hey, I would so join a class that taught about books I liked!

We haven't read her books as a class but they are widely popular in 4th, 5th, and some of 6th grades.