Hidden

For a long time I have been recommending the Shadow Children series.  I am honest when I do and say that I have not read them, but I have heard great things about the book.  I finally thought I should give one a listen.  I don't know if I can recommend them any more without saying that I personally am not too blown away by them!  Among the Hidden is the first.  To be fair, I need to remember that this was published in 1998.  It isn't dated, not really, except the dialing up sound of the modem was a neat memory that kids won't recognize.  But there have been so many stories like this since then.  Maybe not exactly like this, of course, but a dystopian society, ruled by a punishing government, in this case, because natural resources are becoming more and more scarce, the number of children a family is allowed to have is two.  It really isn't far fetched though, is it, considering China's female infanticide horror.  The father in this story is just awful.  Just awful.  I remember really promoting this series when it first came out, I wonder what kids think of it today.