Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
Edition,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Haddix
Author First Name:
Margaret
Pages:
176
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
Reprint
ISBN 10:
068983909X
ISBN 13:
9780689839092
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date Published:
8/1/2003
Genre:
Juvenile Fiction
Description
What does it mean to save yourself?Nina Idi -- a third child in a society where families are allowed only two children -- has been betrayed by the boy she loved, and arrested by the Population Police for exposing other alleged third children. Angry and confused, Nina knows only one thing for sure: She is innocent of the charges. But now she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life: Get three other prisoners to admit they are shadow children and be spared herself, or refuse to cooperate and be killed.The options are clear. The choice, Nina discovers, is not....
