Others include, "Where will we put all the waste from these people? How will there be enough drinking water? How will we have enough energy to run the machines we need to support our society? Where will resources come from to create things like clothes, furniture, houses, cars? How do we deal with all the pollution this manufacturing brings with that many more people? And how will we survive when we've cut down all the trees and there is no oxygen being produced? Even in the end, the author doesn't appear to grasp the reality of the effect of our population explosion: Food is not the only issue. In fact, everything bad appears to be the fault of the controlling, fascist, yet inept government. The characters assert that it's mostly due to mismanagement by the government that the famine happened at all. In the book, the need for population leveling is solely due to food shortages. She fails to fully examine the issue of overpopulation. However the author simplifies the issue to a simple black and white set of extremes. China already has strict population control laws (one child) with heavy fines for violators. The possibility that we will one day be limited to two children or fewer per family, and people will undergo forced sterilization, is not so unlikely. The issue faced by the characters in the book, that of overpopulation and what to do about it, is an important one, and deserves to have a children's book written about it.
Jen death in among the hidden movie series#
The only point to be made here now is that the first book in the series wasn't as violent, but then the series gets much more intense, so if your child is sensitive (like I was as a kid), you might pay attention if they need guidance or to be told it's okay to put down a book or maybe just an extra hug? If a child is interested in a book like this, or even something else, have at it! I loved the suggestion from one mom about reading the book together with their child. My strong opinions have swung far in the opposite direction since then. I had really strong opinions at the time. I was teaching middle schoolers at a private school in a very conservative town and I was thinking hard about what was "appropriate" for a child to read or not. When I wrote it, 13 years ago, my older kids were just learning to read and my youngest kids were babies. Post Script: I'm amazed at all the responses I got to this review. I learned the hard way to read all of a series before you recommend them whole-heartedly to a child. Please use caution when you give your children books to read.
These books are dangerous, as the first one is so good. By the fourth or fifth book, there is holocaust-type violence, children killing in cold blood, and outrageous examples of treachery and hate.
DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN READ THESE BOOKS!! Somewhere in the second book, it begins to get quite violent. The first book and a half are very interesting and the plot is fascinating. Haddix and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, with their two children. Her books have been honored with New York Times bestseller status, the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award American Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers notations and more than a dozen state reader’s choice awards. She also wrote Into the Gauntlet, the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Dunphrey Leaving Fishers Just Ella Turnabout Takeoffs and Landings The Girl with 500 Middle Names Because of Anya Escape from Memory Say What? The House on the Gulf Double Identity Dexter the Tough Uprising Palace of Mirrors Claim to Fame the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has since written more than 25 books for kids and teens, including Running Out of Time Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs.
Before her first book was published, she worked as a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio.
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