Sometimes he whispered his real name in the dark, in the middle of the night. (Chapter 1 paragraph Page 1)

Importance: Luke has a secret identity as a shadow child, and in order to save his life and his freedom, he has obscured it, having taken on an assumed name. He attends the Hendricks school, and in the dark of night, he whispers his own name to remind himself of his true identity. This also allows the reader to understand that not everything is as it appears.

No alarms bells went off, no Population Police swooped in to carry him away. His feeling of hope surged, even more than the fear. (Chapter 4 paragraph Page 28)

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The problem was, Luke couldn’t always stop himself from wanting more. (Chapter 6 paragraph Page 32)

Importance: Luke, in his struggle to survive, is beset with the very human conundrum of wanting to survive, but wanting more -more in the way of knowledge, and more in the way...