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Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

📘 Among the Barons (Shadow Children #4) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Set in a bleak, no‑identity future, the young protagonist Luke is conscripted into a web of deception and political manipulation. Guided by loyalty to his younger brother, he must navigate a treacherous world where lies are weapons and survival depends on unshakable determination.

First publish date: 2003

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Margaret Peterson Haddix

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