Luke has never been to school. Hes never had a birthday party, or gone to a friends house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.
Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. Hes lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his familys farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.
Then, one day Luke sees a girls face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, hes met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows — does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?