Chs. 12-30
Totalitarianism
Conformity
Loneliness
Rebellion
Freedom
“Everybody ought to be
safe. And nobody should
have to use bribes just to
walk down the street or
go to a mall or take a
ride in a car…” (Haddix
87)
“I would die
without someone
to talk to.”
(Haddix 86)
“Luke felt pangs of guilt
now. Perhaps someone
was starving someplace
because of him.” (Haddix
93)
“‘WE AREN’T
FAKES! WE
SHOULDN’T HAVE
TO HIDE!’”
(Haddix 97)
“No more hiding,
no more
pretending—just
being free.”
(Haddix 84)
“‘Hundreds of children are
hidden, mistreated, starved,
neglected, abused, even
murdered—for no reason.
Forcing children into the
shadows can be counted as
genocide.’”(Haddix 93)
“Sean’s even got a
brother, Pat, who’s
a fourth child.”
(Haddix 86)
“ ‘Don’t you ever feel like
saying, ‘I can’t take this
anymore’?’” she asked…
“‘Don’t you ever want to
just walk out into the
sunshine and say, ‘Forget
hiding! I don’t care!’?”
(Haddix 98)
Breaks
into the Sports
family house
Has never had really
good junk food before
Becomes Lee Grant
Cannot
grow plants indoors
Forgets to turn the radio on at
lunch
Has been “checking around,
some, quietlike, to see if a third
child could live a normal life.”
 Praises
her son’s bread making skills, even
though the bread isn’t that great.
 Sobs uncontrollably when she learns her son
must leave.
 Says, “Would it be all right if we gave him a
good-bye hug? We’ve gotten kind of fond of
him…in the time he’s been here.”
Pretends
to be poisoned by
his brother’s bread.
Becomes obsessed with
basketball.
Looks serious, for the first
time, when his brother
leaves.
Holds
Luke at gunpoint.
Hides Luke in a closet while the
population police search his
house.
Sabotages the Government by
working for the Population
Police.
Helps Luke become Lee Grant.
 Luke
is sure that he would never betray him.
 Becomes obsessed with his girlfriend.
 Seems to have “outgrown” his brother.
Has
two brothers
Organizes a rally for third
children’s freedom
Is shot and killed by Population
Police
Says, “No, just among the
hidden. Not the same thing [as
being alive] at all!!!”
Tell how Luke plans to
get from his house to
the Sports family house.
Why do you think it took
so long for Luke to get
up the courage to go
across the yard to the
Sports family’s house?
Why was Jen so scared
when Luke mentioned
the Population Police?
What name does Jen use
for third children?
Name one similarity and
one difference between
Luke and Jen’s lives as
shadow children.
How did Luke feel after
he read the books about
population?
Why do you think the
Government doesn’t
want Dad to experiment
with hydroponics?
Why do the Barons have
pets and junk food while
no one else can?
Why does Luke not want
to go to the rally?
Why did Jen come over
to Luke’s house in the
middle of the night?
Why did the government
shoot all the Shadow
Children at the Rally?
There is no evidence of
the rally on the radio.
Why?
Why do you think Jen’s
dad offered to get Luke
a fake I.D.?
Explain why no one
knows the truth about
the population numbers
or the food shortage any
more.
What excuse was Jen’s
dad trying to give the
Population Police for
why he was in the chat
room?
Why does Luke decide to
get a fake I.D.?
Why is Luke’s mother
filling him with
childhood memories?
How did Luke feel as he
drove away from the
only home he had ever
known?
Luke’s new name is Lee
Grant. If his name was
given based on two
generals from the Civil
War, what could his
name symbolize?