Among the Enemy

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Title Among the Enemy

Author	Margaret Peterson Haddix
Cover artist	Cliff Nielsen
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Shadow Children sequence
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Aladdin Publishing
Released	June, 2005
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	224 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-689-85796-9
Preceded by	Among the Brave
Followed by	Among the Free

Among the Enemy is a 2005 book by Margaret Haddix, about a time in which drastic measures have been taken to quell overpopulation. It is the sixth of seven novels in the Shadow Children series.

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The general plot revolves around an overpopulated world and the Government’s procrustean attempts to arrest the symptoms of population growth and scarcity amongst the Earth's resources. In this turmoil, the democratic government has been overthrown and a totalitarian Government has been put in its place. Laws established by the regime prohibit a family from having more than two children (any more will be euthanized).

In this book, Matthias, Percy, and Alia,(From Among the Betrayed) are introduced to us once again. At Niedler School they are apprehended along with many other children and put in a truck to be taken, supposedly, to a work camp. They are saved by a falling tree which stops the truck, injuring Alia in the process, and allows them to escape. They run immeadiatly to the forest, and Percy is shot while they are trying to find a place to hide.Matthias is able to drag Percy and Alia, now both critically ill, into an old, abandoned house, and runs to Hendrick's School to get help. He returns from Hendrick's School with Mrs. Talbot, a talented doctor and wife of rebel leader Mr. Talbot, only to find Alia and Percy missing.

v • d • e The Shadow Children Sequence
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Among the Hidden - Among the Impostors - Among the Betrayed - Among the Barons
Among the Brave - Among the Enemy - Among the Free