Having read Haddix' "Among the Hidden" and other titles in her series of books, I immediately recognized your question as referring to one of the climax moments of the novel. In the novel, for reasons not immediately revealed, no one is allowed to have a third child. Luke is an illegal third child whose family hides his existence. Luke has a difficult time accepting he can no longer go outside when homes are built near...
Having read Haddix' "Among the Hidden" and other titles in her series of books, I immediately recognized your question as referring to one of the climax moments of the novel. In the novel, for reasons not immediately revealed, no one is allowed to have a third child. Luke is an illegal third child whose family hides his existence. Luke has a difficult time accepting he can no longer go outside when homes are built near his own. He begins to plan his escape to where he believes maybe another third child lives. Once everyone has left his house and the "Sports Family" home, he begins to run across the yard to her home. His route has been planned for days since he has little else to do and had to plan so carefully. As he starts out, heading for the Sports Family's back door, he crouches down low and runs/crawls the length of his house, he low crawls next to the hedges and out to the barn. After hurrying past the barn he is exposed briefly as he races to the Sports Family's back door. Once he reaches his destination, he finds the door he planned to bolt into, locked. He stands frozen.
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