Book Review: Among the Enemy

Title: Among the Enemy
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Fiction or Non-Fiction: Fiction

Summarize the plot but don't give away the ending!!

Mathis has gotten used to being alert and ready to run when needed so when the population police storm into his nice warm room and take him and his friends a truck, they know they have to get away so their real identity is not found out. But the way they do it may kill his friend. After a tree falls and cuts her head open, he and his father's friend have to carry her away and in doing so Mathis's friend gets shot in the leg and he leaves them to find help. When he comes back they're gone, but the population police are there. Now he has to know if they are okay without getting hurt himself by joining the population police.

What did you like about this book?

It keeps you hanging and wanting more.



Would you recommend this book to others?

Yes, I would recommend this book to others because it's adventurous and exciting!

Read, reviewed and written by Anna F. 7th grade

**If this book sounds like something you would like to read, please ask Mrs. Taylor about this the next time you visit the library!!!

AR Information:

Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Interest Level: Middle Grades
Book Level: 5.3
AR Pts: 7.0
Summary: In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.