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Synopsis
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 supposedly trying to trick the Population Police into arresting students she said were 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.
Is Amongst the Betrayed appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A thought-provoking dystopian middle grade novel dealing with impossible moral choices under a totalitarian regime. Contains themes of imprisonment, threatened torture, and children in danger, but no graphic violence or mature content.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include child harm, torture, captivity, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
A tense story about a girl who must decide whether to betray other children to save herself in a world where third children are illegal.