Among the enemy vs Martians: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Among the enemy Among the enemy Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2005 ★★★★☆ 4.2 214 pages · ≈ 3 h 58 m · Light

this book is part of the shadow children sequel. a few shadow children decide to work for the population police and save all the shadow children they can.

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Cover of Martians Martians Blythe Woolston · 2015 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 224 pages · ≈ 4 h 09 m · Light

Sharp and satirical, this dark comedy will appeal to fans of M.T. Anderson's groundbreaking dystopia, Feed. An unsettling story of consumerism gone mad, MARTians imagines a not-so-distant future where our lives are…

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Among the enemyMartians
Goodreads 4.2 (20966) 3.2 (635)
Hardcover 4.1 (31) 3.5 (4)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —
Apple Books 4.5 (202) —

Reception

Among the enemyMartians
Ratings 20966 635
Editions 11 4
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 8219 886
Reading it now 388 29
Written reviews 766 171
Wikipedia attention 390 2483
Pages 214 224

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