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* {{Dystopia}}: Oh yeah. The country is run by the totalitarian Population Police and they're very strict on people having more than two kids. If citizens have more than two kids, the penalty is either fine or execution (depending on the mood of the judge) or the Population Police just kills the kids.
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* {{Dystopia}}: Oh yeah. The country is run by the totalitarian Population Police and they're very strict on people having more than two kids. If citizens have more than two kids, the penalty is either fine or execution (depending on the mood of the judge) or the Population Police just kills the kids.
* EvilMalthusian: In the future, it is illegal for families to have more than two children, allegedly to prevent overpopulation. The Population Police are employed to hunt down and kill any illegal third children.
* EvilMalthusian: In the future, it is illegal for families to have more than two children, allegedly to prevent overpopulation. The Population Police are employed to hunt down and kill any illegal third children.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Luke ''Among the Hidden'': The first time Luke wished he could live life a little like, well, "normal", and he does but he has to impersonate someone else (who died) and, two, when he made to leave Jen's home after an argument, he, in his anger, wished the Population Police would shoot Jen and the illegal kids at the rally. Y'all know what happened after that.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Luke twice in ''Among the Hidden'': The first time Luke wished he could live life a little like, well, "normal", and he does but he has to impersonate someone else (who died) and, two, when he made to leave Jen's home after an argument, he, in his anger, wished the Population Police would shoot Jen and the illegal kids at the rally. Y'all know what happened after that.
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* PartingWordsRegret: In ''Among the Hidden'', Jen invites Luke to a rally she and forty other illegal kids are hosting but Luke tells her he's afraid, which, leads into an argument. She tells Luke to leave and that's the second to last time they see each other before [[spoiler: Jen and those forty kids in the rally are killed]].
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* PartingWordsRegret: In ''Among the Hidden'', Jen invites Luke to a rally she and forty other illegal kids are hosting but Luke tells her he's afraid, which, leads into an argument. She tells Luke to leave and that's the second to last time they see each other before [[spoiler: Jen and those forty kids in the rally are killed]]. Kinda played with as they did make amends but still.
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*BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Luke ''Among the Hidden'': The first time Luke wished he could live life a little like, well, "normal", and he does but he has to impersonate someone else (who died) and, two, when he made to leave Jen's home after an argument, he, in his anger, wished the Population Police would shoot Jen and the illegal kids at the rally. Y'all know what happened after that.
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** ''Among the Hidden
** Among the Imposters
** Among the Betrayed
** Among the Barons
** Among the Brave
** Among the Enemy
** Among the Free''
** Among the Imposters
** Among the Betrayed
** Among the Barons
** Among the Brave
** Among the Enemy
** Among the Free''
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** Among the ''Hidden''
** ''Among theHidden
''Imposters''
** Among theImposters
''Betrayed''
** Among theBetrayed
''Barons''
** Among theBarons
''Brave''
** Among theBrave
''Enemy''
** Among theEnemy
** Among the Free''''Free''
** ''Among the
** Among the
** Among the
** Among the
** Among the
** Among the
** Among the Free''
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* PartingWordsRegret: In ''Among the Hidden'', Jen invites Luke to a rally she and forty other illegal kids are hosting but Luke tells her he's afraid, which, leads into an argument. She tells Luke to leave and that's the last time they see each other before [[spoiler: Jen and those forty kids in the rally are killed]].
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* PartingWordsRegret: In ''Among the Hidden'', Jen invites Luke to a rally she and forty other illegal kids are hosting but Luke tells her he's afraid, which, leads into an argument. She tells Luke to leave and that's the second to last time they see each other before [[spoiler: Jen and those forty kids in the rally are killed]].
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: several Population Police members seem to be guilty of this.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: several Several Population Police members seem to be guilty of this.this. A lot of them really believe what they're doing is for the best but, as we already know, their ''best'' ain't good.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: Luke impersonates a boy by the name of Lee Grant, who died in a skiing accident, for most of the series, [[spoiler:It was more complicated than that - notably, it definitely wasn't an accident.]]
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: At the end of ''Among the Hidden'' and the remainder of the series, Luke impersonates a boy by the name of Lee Grant, who died in a skiing accident, for most of the series, [[spoiler:It was more complicated than that - notably, it definitely wasn't an accident.]]]] At one point, in the first book, Luke wondered if he could have impersonated one of his brothers, should one of them die, though, from what it's implied, that wouldn't work, anyways.
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* GaiasLament: Droughts sometime before the series caused food shortages, forcing population control. At one point, in ''Among the Hidden'', Luke's dad mentions that goverment banned pets
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* GaiasLament: Droughts sometime before the series caused food shortages, forcing population control. At one point, in ''Among the Hidden'', Luke's dad mentions that goverment government banned petspets.
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* HideYourChildren: The fate of any child born into a family that already has two offspring. They'll be killed if they aren't hidden.
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* HideYourChildren: The fate of any child born into a family that already has two offspring. They'll They and or their family be killed or their family would get fined, otherwise, if they aren't hidden. [[note]] Jen did say that either, quote, "depended on the mood of the judge"[[/note]]
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** Among the Hidden
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** Among ''Among the Hidden
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** Among the Free
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** Among the FreeFree''
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* SentIntoHiding: Due to a strict policy where parents cannot have more than two children, any third (or more) children born must be kept secret from everyone; main character Luke spent the entire first book just hiding out in his family's home, and met a third-child girl across the street who did the same.
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* SentIntoHiding: Due to a strict policy where parents cannot have more than two children, any third (or more) children born must be kept secret from everyone; main character Luke spent the entire first book just hiding out in his family's home, and met a third-child girl across in one of the street new houses behind his who did the same.
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*IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each book is titled "Among The _______":
** Among the Hidden
** Among the Imposters
** Among the Betrayed
** Among the Barons
** Among the Brave
** Among the Enemy
** Among the Free
** Among the Hidden
** Among the Imposters
** Among the Betrayed
** Among the Barons
** Among the Brave
** Among the Enemy
** Among the Free
