
It's the year 2140 and Longevity drugs have all but eradicated old age. A never-aging society can't sustain population growth, however…which means Anna should never have been born. Nor should any of the children she lives with at Grange Hall. The facility is full of boys and girls whose parents chose to have kids—called surpluses—despite a law forbidding them from doing so. These children are raised as servants, and brought up to believe they must atone for their very existence. Then one day a boy named Peter appears at the Hall, bringing with him news of the world outside, a place where people are starting to say that Longevity is bad, and that maybe people shouldn't live forever. Peter begs Anna to escape with him, but Anna's not sure who to trust: the strange new boy whose version of life sounds like a dangerous fairy tale, or the familiar walls of Grange Hall and the head mistress who has controlled her every waking thought?
In a world where living forever is a real concept for adults, children are seen as Surplus and are taken from their parents and stuck in institutions. While inside, they're taught that their parents hated them - otherwise, why else would they have had them? - and that they'll pretty much only be good for slavery. It's a terrifying concept, and one that is explored and very successfully achieved in this book.
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Hi :)
I hadn't heard of THE DECLARATION before and it is definitely on my ToBeRead list now.
What a great review.
Thanks for sharing Yolanda,
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You're very welcome! And thanks for popping in. :)
Thanks for pimping my review :-)
P.S. There are so many graphics on your BlogSpot page that it's really hard to read. Or maybe my computer sucks, which is quite likely ;-)
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