Among the Enemy
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name = Among the Enemy | orig title = | translator = | image = | author = Margaret Peterson Haddix | cover_artist = Cliff Nielsen | country = United States | language = English | series = Shadow Children sequence | genre = Science fiction novel | publisher = Aladdin Publishing | release_date = June, 2005 | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 224 pp | isbn = ISBN 0689857969 | preceded_by = Among the Brave | followed_by = Among the Free
Among the Enemy is a 2005 book by Margaret Haddix, about a time in which drastic measures have been taken to quell overpopulation. It is the sixth of seven novels in the Shadow Children series.The general plot revolves around an overpopulated world and the Government's procrustean attempts to arrest the symptoms of population growth and scarcity amongst the Earth's resources. In this turmoil, the democratic government has been overthrown and a totalitarian Government has been put in its place. Laws established by the regime prohibit a family from having more than two children (any more will be euthanized).
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