The Resistance

by Gemma Malley

Overview

This chilling sequel arrives in paperback just in time to tease Gemma Malley's new stand alone novel: The Returners

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

Gr 7 Up

In this gripping, stand-alone sequel to The Declaration (Bloomsbury, 2007), teenagers Anna and Peter have escaped Grange Hall, a prisonlike dormitory for Surpluses-children living in the United Kingdom in 2140 where childbirth is illegal and longevity drugs allow people to live forever. Anna's parents were overjoyed to have her back but were forced to commit suicide ("a life for a life") in order to give Anna and her baby brother a chance to become Legals. Her boyfriend, Peter, accepts a job working at Pincent Pharma, the Longevity drug company owned by his wicked grandfather, in order to help the Underground (a resistance group) destroy it. His unexpected ally is his Legal teenage half brother Jude, a talented computer hacker. The author addresses the moral and ethical implications of immortality in this dystopian novel, making it a great choice for group discussions. The writing style is not particularly lyrical but the fast pace and exciting plot make it a page-turner that will appeal to graduates of Margaret Peterson Haddix's "Shadow Children" series (S & S).-Sharon Rawlins, New Jersey State Library, Trenton

School Library Journal

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