summery of previous book and new blog

[here is the summery to the previous book since you guys said you didn't understand what was going on]


In the setting of the novel, overpopulation has occurred. Because of this, there is far less food and all of it is monitored by the government. Because of the shortage of food, people are only allowed to have two children. Luke Garner, a twelve-year-old child, lives on a farm with his mother, father, and two brothers, Matthew and Mark. As a third child, Luke and his parents are in violation of the law. Luke, like all third children, must spend his days hidden or away from public view. When the government starts building houses in the woods behind the Garners' house, Luke is forced to hide inside his house, in total isolation from the outside world. In the beginning of the story, Luke is quite scared of being caught by the Population Police. But toward the end of the story, he becomes more brave and faces his fears, the Population Police.

While Luke is looking out of a small vent from the attic, with which he can see outside, and not be seen from the outside, he sees the face of a child in a window of a house that he knows already has two children. He secretly runs over to the house about a month later, and meets twelve-year-old Jen Talbot, the daughter of one of the Barons living in the houses behind him and another third child. There he becomes a close friend to Jen Talbot.

Jen begins to show Luke that what the government has done is wrong. She organizes a rally in support of the third children, and asks Luke to come, but Luke refuses, afraid of what might happen. After not hearing from Jen for one week, Luke runs over to her house, where he meets Jen's father, George Talbot, a Population Police official. Luke finds out that everyone at the rally was shot and killed, including Jen. Mr. Talbot explains to Luke that he opposes the Population Law. The Population Police then break in to Mr. Talbot's house and Luke hides in the closet.

After the police leave, Luke tries to talk, but Mr. Talbot covers his mouth. He writes on a piece of paper that the Population Police had placed listening devices and are listening for clues and evidence. He then writes to Luke and asks if he wants a fake I.D to live like a real person. Luke eventually accepts the proposal and gets the fake I.D. Mr. Talbot meets Luke's parents and gives it to him. Luke's new identity is Lee Grant, a wealthy boy that supposedly ran away from his family and took refuge at Luke's farm and is now being sent to a year-long boarding school as punishment. (The real Lee Grant was killed in a ski accident; his parents allowed Luke to assume his identity.) He then goes off in a very nice car with Mr. Talbot, his first car ride, ever. He sets off on his new journey to finally live his life.

[here is this weeks blog]

In this weeks blog ill be talking about the general setting of the story and how the things in the setting make up the story. The setting seems to be between 1950's and early 1990's, i'm not really sure of it myself but it seems since only fortunate people could afford televisions. The schooling systems in the book are usually describes as either illegal home schooling to the third plus child(ren), public where they can go back and fourth from home to school, and boarding schools; no private school are indicated so its most likely assumed that the fiction part of this book clashes with the time and real world historical facts.

The new setting unlike the previous book is in a prestigious boarding school where i'm not entirely sure if its mix gender, though there are girls who show up around the middle of the book itself. The girls mentioned in the first part play a important role i'm guessing since the might be third plus children like luke (haven't read far enough to know). The woods luke goes to frequently play a large role since he takes that as his home far from home and his personality changes when his garden he was working on is destroyed by a unknown group or person. These woods are also the place where he meets the suspected unknown children and ease drops on their conversation.

(sorry again if i did it wrong but please point out my mistakes and ill work on them for future blogs)