Easy quick read.

There has been a famine, food sources are low, the government has implemented a two child per family law. Luke is a third child. One who is kept hidden by his family. He is finally of an age where he understands he is different than the rest of his family. He has never left his home property, rarely ever been outside.

The woods behind his home have been taken down and a neighborhood built for Barons, the rich people. Now his family is even more scared of Luke being found so he barely is allowed to come out of his attic bedroom. He has taken to watching the outside through the vents in the attic. He is observant. He knows who lives where and all of their com8ngs and goings.

One day he thinks he notices a curtain move, a light from a house where no one should be home, he believes there might be another third child living there. One day he gets brave enough to sneak over and go in the other house. He finds Jen who is indeed a third child too. Being a Baron, she has access to a computer and chats online with other third children. She has organized a rally for them to go out and protest the population law. Luke is scared to attend.

Luke doesn’t go and Jen doesn’t seem to have returned. Luke eventually sneaks over and she is not there, but instead he is found by Jen’s dad. This encounter will change Luke’s life forever.

I really enjoyed this book and plan to read the next book in the series as soon as possible.