Among The Imposters

Authors Note: This is an essay about a kid who’s trying to blend in, in a messed up world

There are people you think you knew better than anybody but then it turns out that they are exactly the opposite of what you think they are. In Among the “Imposters” by Margaret Peterson Haddix there many of twists that may surprise in ways you would think.

Luke was kid who had been hiding his whole life due to the fact that he was a third child. But one day his dead friend’s dad decides he needs to come out of hiding so he gets Luke a fake id of a kid named lee grant who died in a ski accident that his parents keep quiet. So to get Luke adjusted to a more normal world out of hiding they take him to Hendricks school for boys where he has to sleep in a room with six others who bully him every night. Not just that he also doesn’t know anyone there or what any of his classes are.

As for the the rising actions after a week into school Luke figures out that there is a door leading to the woods outside so every day he would sneak outside to escape from this odd environment around him once he gets comfortable outside he decides to plant his own garden to later find that it was trampled by a bunch of kids. Later he decides to stay outside and scout out by the time its dark he hears voices so he follows them into the middle of the woods which makes him end up listening in on their conversations and he finds out they are shadow children also. Then he over hears them talking about him so he doesn’t think and jumps out in front of them to confront them. Later he ends up being very good friends with them. Once he finally feels comfortable he was able to make it to his classes because Jason the leader of the group and the one who used to bully him hacked the main computer and gets his schedule. Later he decides he wants to actually try to do his big tests so Jason gets mad. And has a meeting without him. Which Luke didn’t care about.

Which leads up to the climax the night after Luke couldn’t sleep and he hears footsteps and finds out Jason left so he followed him. He eventually hears him at the end of the stairs talking on a cell phone which isn’t common around then. When he listens in he hears the shadow children’s real names and says no one knows I work for the population police o Luke panicked and threw the phone and attacked him with a book and ended up hurting him really bad. So Luke took Jason to the health room. Where Jason was captured by the population police who didn’t even say that he was a part of them and all of the shadow children didn’t even get caught.

Many things that you thought could never happen turn out to unfold right before your eyes. In among the imposters there were many twists that may surprise you a lot but I think it is a book worth reading.