In the book Among The Barons Luke is a kid who is against the law and spent 12 years hiding from the population police. You see in the world Luke lives in there can only be 2 kids per family, but he is the the third which is one against the law. So he got some help and now he was sent away from home to live in Mr.Hendrick's boarding school. He even had to to change his name to Lee Grant. He has a friend, Trey ,and they have a secret garden were all the others hang out.