Among the Betrayed

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

Part of the Shadow Children series

Nina must choose between betrayal and death in a world where third children are forbidden.

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160 pages· 34,034 words· Est. 4 hour read

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In a world where third children are outlawed, Nina Idi faces a harrowing choice: betray three young prisoners or face her own demise. Arrested for treason, she confronts the chilling reality of her situation, with the lives of innocent children hanging in the balance. As she navigates this treacherous path, Nina must decide if she can sacrifice others to save herself, or if there's another way to defy the oppressive regime. Will she find hope in the darkest of places, or will despair claim her? Discover a gripping tale of survival and moral conflict.

From the publisher

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 to live with false identity papers. In Among the Impostors, Nina Idi was arrested for treason for supposedly trying to trick the Population Police into arresting other students she said were illegal third children. Now she faces torture or death – unless she agrees to betray three other imprisoned third children. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets the prisoners – who are only ten, nine, and six. As she did so brilliantly in the Publishers Weekly best-selling Among the Hidden and in Among the Impostors, Margaret Peterson Haddix once again brings readers to a world in which nothing is as it seems – a world in which an imprisonment leads to an adventure of mind, body, and spir

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