The Resistance

by Gemma Malley

Overview

The year is 2140. Peter and Anna are living freely on the Outside, trying hard to lead normal lives, but unable to leave the terror of the Declaration--and their experiences as surpluses--completely behind them. Peter is determined to infiltrate Pharma Corporation, which claims to have a new drug in the works; "Longevity +" will not just stop the ravages of old age, it might just reverse the aging process. But what Peter and Anna discover behind the walls of Pharma is so nightmarish it makes the prison of their childhood seem like a sanctuary: for it seems the only way to regain youth is to harvest the young.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599908021
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Series:	Declaration
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Lexile:	750L (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Gemma Malley studied philosophy at Reading University before working as a journalist. The Declaration was her first book for young readers. She lives in London with her family.

Editorial Reviews

In Anna and Peter's world, medically created immortality has made most childbirth illegal, according to this unsubtle but worthwhile and tension-packed sequel. After their escape from the hellish Surplus Halls of illegal children in The Declaration (2007), they'd hoped for a comfortable life raising children and fighting the government-but it's not that simple. The resistance wants Peter to spy on the company that makes longevity drugs, but the company's owner, Peter's overwhelmingly evil grandfather, hopes to convert Peter to his own side. The story makes abortive attempts to treat complex ethical questions with depth, asking if science used for evil ends could be good in different contexts, or whether a Resistance leader who has chosen immortality for himself can be trusted. But ultimately, the text finds these questions fairly easy to answer. Peter's story takes a clear moral position-it is the responsibility of the old to die to make way for the young-and portrays any dissenters as either despicable or willfully naive. Here's hoping the nicely set-up sequel has a more delicate touch. (Science fiction. 11-13)

Kirkus Reviews