Among the Betrayed

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
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….Read More
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