All About Luke
Luke was upset that he had to remain even MORE hidden after his father was forced to do this. (BONUS 200 if you use our vocab. word to describe these.)
He had to sell the woods behind their house to the Government, which meant cutting down the LOFTY trees. 🌲🌳🌲
This word shows how Luke often felt, especially when he was up in the attic by himself.
solitary: all alone; solo
Jen was angry because she wanted this changed for her, Luke, and other Shadow Children.
The Population Law 📜: to allow families to have more than 2 children per household.
Before the woods were taken away, Luke enjoyed doing what?
Being outside; his freedom in the yard; being around the farm; being a kid with his brothers.
We are members of the special police force who look for illegal third children.
The Population Police 👮♂️🚔👮♀️
Luke's mom insisted that he NOT do this anymore, for his safety. BONUS 200: what vocab. word explains what she did?
Luke can't go outside anymore. His mom BESEECHED him not to! 🙏🙏🙏
This word means to pretend to do something WITHOUT using words. BONUS: if you can act this out, you earn 300 more points!
pantomime: to pretend; mime; act out with out words/noise
Jen was a sassy, pushy character. She often tried to _____ Luke into admitting he's a third child and that he wants his freedom!
coax: persuade; talk someone into something
Luke disobeyed his parents and got in trouble for doing at least two things one day when he was alone.
He baked bread, cleaned the house (vacuumed), and turned on the radio. Anything BUT staying hidden ...got him in trouble.
I am the person who opened the letter from The Department of Human Habitation. It told me to get rid of our family's 🐷🐖🐷.
Luke's dad
Luke is full of ZEAL when he does this, rather noisily, when he thinks no one is home.
He cleans the house-- with the loud vacuum-- and plays the radio too! 🧼🧹🎶
This word is used to describe what the Government used to convince Jen & Luke's families that 3rd children were wrong-- that they should NOT exist. (Even though we find out later they probably CAN now.)
propaganda: brainwashing; MISinformation used to convince you something that's NOT true. 📰 📺
Jen planned to do this with as many third children as possible.
Have a rally in front of the President's house to protest the Population Law.
This happened to all the third children who attended the rally.
They were shot and killed, sadly. 😥😥😥
I was upset that I had to leave my youngest son at home when I had to get a job to help our family pay the many bills from the Government. 💸💸💸
Luke's mom
What is the new name and identity that Jen's Dad got for Luke? BONUS: where will his new sanctuary be, now that he has this new I.D.?
"Lee Grant"-- who will safely live at a boarding school for boys from now on.
When Luke hasn't seen or heard from Jen in 7 days (after the rally happened) he feels ____________.
deranged: crazy; cucko-- like he's going to lose his mind! 🤯
Luke found out what happened to Jen when he finally... (BONUS 200: who did he meet while this occurred?)
Broke into her house (and met her stepfather, who worked for the Population Police!)
Luke discovered another third child at the Sports' Family's house when he saw this during a school/work day.
A face in the window when everyone else was at work or school.
I use the mirrors outside my house to see what is going on in the neighborhood. BONUS 400 points: what's my last name?
Jen Talbot
At the end of the novel, Luke was finally given his ______. (fill-in-the-blank w/ one of our vocab. words).
His FREEDOM!!!!!!! Otherwise known as his liberty.
Jen's dad decided to check on his home alarm going off "because of the SITUATION/EVENTS" that had JUST happened with Jen dying at the rally. What word did he use to explain himself to Luke?
circumstances: situation; set of events
Jen said this statement to Luke, without much respect for his feelings: "You don't exist. Not officially anyway". This quote was said ____________ by Jen (what vocab. word?)
flippantly: not nicely; disrespectful, RUDE. 😠
To help pay the bills after the hogs were taken away, Luke's mom had to...
Get a job. This left Luke alone in the house ALL DAY LONG. 💔😞
We are what you call the wealthy people who move into the neighborhood behind Luke's farm. We're also the people in the book with ALL the 💰💰🤑
The "Barons"