Among the Betrayed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689839092)

What does it mean to save yourself?
Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.
The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not....

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
ISBN-10: 068983909X
ISBN-13: 9780689839092
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2003
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.64h x 6.38w x 0.49d

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


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 08/18/2003 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 08/18/2003