Through this chain of thought she developed the character Luke Garner, the main character for The Shadow Children series. This boy had spent his whole life in hiding simply because he had been born in a country that had laws against having too many children. She imagined not only how it might be for the adults but also for the children. Haddix started to imagine how different life might be if she and her family lived in a society that had a policy similar to China’s. Eventually China’s One-Child Policy came up in conversation. Over time they began to explore and discuss the global ramifications, impacts and policies of having children in different countries around the world. When their first-born, a little girl, was about 3 years old and their second child, a boy, was around 21 months old, like so many couples, Haddix and her husband began discussing the possibility of a third child. She and her husband always knew they wanted to have kids but they were never quite certain what number of children was the right number for them and their family. Of all the reasons to write a book, or series of books, intended for entertainment purposes, the reason Margaret Haddix wrote the series The Shadow Children must be one of the most profound ever.
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