false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187405007m/1722717.jpg 1722717 15 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 <i>shouldn’t</i> 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?    Chilling, poignant, and endlessly though-provoking, <i>The Declaration</i> is a powerful debut that will have readers agonizing over Anna’s fate until the very last page. 1813124 2 10 2007 The Declaration total:509|5:15|4:19|3:11|2:6|1:0| 509 1921 838 146 5 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 18:21:03 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 19:34:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 21:32:57 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 21:46:42 -0700 2008 not Opt Out o...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 09 09:28:54 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 16:44:45 -0700 2008
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It is 2140, in a grey and cold surplus camp, where hundreds of illegal children live. Surplus Anna is one of the children that have been there right from the start, from only 2 ye...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:08:52 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:09:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 12:19:52 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 12:19:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 21:39:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 21:39:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 09:48:59 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 09:50:19 -0700 2009 The Declaration. Still, children are illegally born, captured, and deemed “surpluses. They are either executed or taken into prison-like “surplus halls” where they are brainwashed and trained to work as serva...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 12:46:46 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 11:03:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 23:47:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 18:01:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:04:51 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 12:33:59 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 22 20:19:41 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:02:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 17:50:15 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 23:56:58 -0700 2009 The Declaration.

It's 2140, and Anna has been raised in Grange Hall as a Surplus - she wasn't legally allowed to be born. If she's to have any future at all, it's to serve as a housekeeper. Indeed, Anna's a Valuable Asset, thoug...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 18 15:57:57 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 16:16:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 21:01:38 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 21:08:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 19:28:24 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 17:04:31 -0700 2009 1
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Based in the future - drugs have been invented to prevent death, basically people live forever. This means that overpopulation is occurring and resources are dwindling. Everyone must sign the Declaration stating they will not have children. All c...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 20:18:23 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 23:14:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 10:26:37 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 15:13:36 -0700 2009
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