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inside Luke asked why he is different than Hark and Matthew and why he had to hide his mother teached him that each family was only allowed to have two children, the population police and about her pregnancy, he thought that all small children needed to hide and that when he was as big as his two brothers he wouldn't needed to hide anymore. After learning this he accepted the fact, that he has to hide more and more. He also didn't mina hiding in the so much anymore until they took the woods away. luke was playing with a train, the same train that he longed for when Mark was a kid. But he doesn't felt like playing with it because he hadn't left the house in a week and his dad yelled at him and told him that he isn't allowed to look out of the window. His dad sounded like he might feel sorry for look, but that only make things worse. Right after Mark scared him and joted about him because he was scared. Luke got mad at Hark and refused saying that his mother probably made him offer to play. Right after luke discovered two vents, which allowed him to look outside. He looked outside until his mother came into his room to talk to him. He felt bad about not telling her about the vents but he thought his dad would forbid it. His mother told luke that things could be worse and he believed her and snuggeld in her arms. A few days later whe luke came down for breakfast and asked if it was ave. He was told no. It wasn't save for him to sit at the kitchen table so his mother gave him a plate and told him he would now have to sit on the botton steps.completely out of site of both windows to eat. Lute was upset and finished his break fast not even tasting any of it. I Luke ale every meal at the bottom steps trying to ignore the nasty comments from his brothers. He didn't even try to listen to the family's conversation anymore. But whe the letter about the pigs arrived he was Courious, too. The letter was as thick as some from Luke's grandmother. His dad already knew in the letter will only bod news, because it was from the Departement of human habitation, enviromental standards division. His dad explained then that they have to get rid of the nogs because those people in them fancy new houses can't stana pig smell. Lukes mother was scared because she didn't know what they are going to live on. Lukes dad handed his mother tax bill she unfolded and dropped it because the bill was three times from what it usually is. The goverment raised the tax becaus withe the fancy new houses made their land more worth. Luke should have the new houses but he half- fallen in love with them because they were his main entertainment. His family didn't know how they should pay the bills, So his mother decided to work in factory. Lute didn't know what to do but it seemed to selfish to him 10 ask who will stay with him. a summary chapter 28 After the population police were mentioned, Luke panicced and tries to wrestle the gun from Jen's father away Then he ends up grabbing the gun and points it at Jen's dad. After they both calmed down, Jen's father explains that he tries to sabotage the population police. Right after they talked about the reading material lube got from Jen and Jen's dad explains him, that they were propaganda and that the truth is complicated. Jen's father also explains that the goverment wants people to live on the edge of survival and that the population law became a point of pride for it, particulary for a man called General Sherwood. Chapter 29 the men at the Suddenly luke neard a pounding at the door and Jen's fathe shoves Luke into a closet the he confronts door. The me were alerted by the computer but Jen's father easily explains that it was just him who posled the message, as a part of the sting operation. The men insist on seeing the computer and Jen's father berate them. Thensuddenly the men threw the closet open so luke covers himself with a blanket. Then the men were gone, the closet was reopened by Jen's father, which gave luke a letter which says: the house. is bugged with listening devices and the he bribed the men (uke is unsure but he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life hiding and with the fave 1.0. he could help other shadowchildren, so he takes the I.D. Chapter 30 Lee Grant is Luke's new identity which comes abong with a whole backstory and a new. wardrobe because the real Lee Grant recently alled and Jen's dad was able to get the 1.0. real quick. But luke nas to leave his family and is off to a year-round boarding school. Whe luke tells his parents, his mom cried and his father stolcally agreed to the only chance luke had left. While driving away, Luke thinks about Jen's praises. Luke looks back at the farm until he can no longer see the only world he's ever known.