This the the third book in the series The Shadow Children. Haddix has me hooked on this group of books that is about society after the food shortage has required the government to step in and change the rules. All families must have no more than two children - if a third were to be found, the penalty is death. There is a special unit called the Population Police who are hungry to find these illegals since the reward is worth millions.
Elodie, or as she is referenced in the book, Nia, is a third child. She is tucked away in a girl's school, but is betrayed by a friend, accused of a crime she did not commit, and lands herself in prison. While there, she is used as a pawn to get other third children to reveal their family information for the Population Police to make arrests.
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