The main characters in "Among the Hidden" are Luke Garner, Jen Talbot, and her father, Mr. Talbot. Luke is a third child, or "shadow child," living in hiding due to government restrictions.. Jen Talbot/The Girl Quotes in Among the Hidden The Among the Hidden quotes below are all either spoken by Jen Talbot/The Girl or refer to Jen Talbot/The Girl. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ).
Does Luke die in among the hidden? Total silence, for an entire week. So, Luke sneaks over the Jen's house and snoops around until a man shows up waving a gun at him. But it's cool: turns out the man is Jen's dad, and they have a little heart-to-heart about Jen who, Mr. Talbot informs Luke, died at the rally.. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is a middle grade novel published on March 1, 1998 [1] and is the first book in the Shadow Children series. The book tells the story of a fictional future in which drastic measures have been taken to quell overpopulation.