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.
Luke inadvertently sets off a rebellion that results in the overthrow of the government. The people are finally free. But who is in charge now? And will this new freedom be everything they had hoped?
"Enough games," the man said, raising the gun yet again. "And enough of the Population Police, I say." This time he cocked the gun and aimed carefully. This is real, Luke thought. This is really going to happen. "No, don't!" he screamed.
To conclude her bestselling Shadow Children series, Haddix revisits Luke Garner, an illegal third-born in a futuristic society that allows only two children per family.
To conclude her bestselling Shadow Children series, Haddix revisits Luke Garner, an illegal third-born in a futuristic society that allows only two children per family.