Chapter 2 Summary

In Chapter 2, Luke and the other two boys chosen by the man with the medals on his chest are riding away from Population Police Headquarters in a van. Luke wants to gather his few belongings and tell his friends goodbye, but he doesn't get the chance before he is whisked away in the van. When the van stops, the boys emerge from the van and are assigned in pairs to report to different officers. The boys walk through the mud that is everywhere to get to the jeep with their assigned officer. As the officer signs out the jeep using the walkie-talkie, Luke remembers hiding on his family's farm until the government discovered his existence when he was 12 years old. The officer passes two pieces of cornbread to the two boys in his backseat, but the other boy eats Luke's piece. Officer Houk...