| Author/Contributor(s): | Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Date: | 10/1/2006 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Matthias, an illegal third child, is caught in the cross fire between rebels and the Population Police. When he unwittingly saves a Population Police officer, Matthias is brought to Population Police headquarters to train as an officer himself. There he meets Nina, another third-born who enlists his help in a plot to undermine the Population Police. But Matthias is under constant scrutiny, and he has no idea whom he can trust. What can one boy do against a wicked bureaucracy?