Series
Shadow Children
Margaret Peterson Haddix · 7 novels · 1998–2006
Shadow Children is a series of seven books by Margaret Peterson Haddix about a dystopian country which suffers food shortages due to a drought and the effects of the government's totalitarian attempts to control resources as a way to solidify its power. The Population Police enforce the government's Population Law, killing or imprisoning "shadow children," any child born after their first two siblings. In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.
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- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
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By decade
- 1990s1
- 2000s6
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 7 works carry a tone
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- Among the Hiddendarkest · brightest · calmest · most intense