Characters
- Luke Garner – A small, pale, shy 12-year-old boy. He is not allowed to leave his house due to the fact he is the third child in his family. Being a third child makes him illegal since the society is in famine. He has never gone to school and must stay in his room(the attic) for most of the time. When the Barons start to move in, and the forest is knocked down, Luke becomes very brave. His only friends are his older brothers, and the girl he meets, Jen Talbot.
- Mr. Garner – Luke's father. Harland works on a farm with hogs (until they get taken away by the government due to complaints by the new people living in the land). He is one of the strictest people with Luke about avoiding being discovered by the population.
- Mrs. Garner – Luke's mother. She is a plain middle-aged woman who has had to work hard for everything. Her strong will is one of the main reasons Luke is alive. "I wouldn't even let your dad talk about getting rid of you," she says.
- Mark Garner – Luke's middle brother.
- Matthew Garner – Luke's older brother.
- Jen Talbot – Luke's neighbor who Luke discovers is also a third child, shadow child. Jen is the first non-family member Luke has ever met. The daughter of extremely wealthy government official George Talbot, Jen grew up with more freedom than most third children and knowledge of the world as it actually is. She organizes a rally to convince the president to repeal the Population Law.
- George Talbot – Jen's father, an extremely wealthy man, a baron, one of the top officials of the Population Police and one of the most powerful people in the country. He is in fact a double agent, sabotaging the Population Police from within. His daughter, Jen, attempts to rally against the Population Police, yet she dies during the rally. In the end, he assists Luke with his escape into the real world.
- Population Police – The police force that hunts for shadow children.
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