SOLVED. A book about a boy who is naturally born during a time when people don't age [s]

[Adena]

The book is about a boy who lives with a man (his guardian I think) during slightly futuristic time. People take a pill to stop them from aging and children are no longer born naturally. This boy is one of the few natural born children who hasn't taken the pill and his guardian rents him to people who desire to "raise" a child. The boy is eventually adopted for a lare sum of money and sent to live with a man and woman permanently, but doesn't feel like he fits into their rich lifestyle so he runs away...

Sorry, I can't remember more than that. Oh, and this book is aimed at the young teen audience I believe (10-13yrs).

Edit (9/3/13): When the boy runs away, he meets a group of people who took the pill at an early age. They are basically adults who never aged past adolescence.

[Cathy]

Is it possibly Children of Time by Deborah Moulton?

[Adena]

I'm pretty sure it's not Children of Time, there were no castles, but thanks

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Adena, are you still looking for this book?

[Adena]

I am. I've been to so many different websites, but I still haven't found it. Does it sound familiar to you?

[Tab]

Is it one of the books from the Declaration series http://www.goodreads.com/series/56177...

If not, when did you read this book?

[Adena]

It's not part of the Declaration series, but thanks for the suggestion.

I read the book at least five years ago.

[Kitsune]

yes I know this one! i just cant remember the name. The kids that don't age, its called peter panning or something?

[Adena]

Possibly, I'm not sure.

I do remember that there is a famous singer who stopped aging when she was really young. So she has the body a twelve year old but is actually closer to like sixty or something like that.

[Kitsune]

I FOUND IT!

It's The Hunted by Alex Shearer.

"In a future world where people live to be 150, humans have paid the price for their longer lives—the cost being their fertility. Children have become a commodity: they are bought and sold, won and lost, and worst of all, are hunted by the "kiddernappers" keen to make a quick buck on a big sale.

When Deet wins Tarrin in a card game he rents him out to childless couples. They pay for Tarrin to play in their houses, and they pretend he's their child for an hour or two. But as Tarrin gets older, Deet is keen to secure his future, and his interest in "The Peter Pan" operation grows. By having "The Peter Pan," Tarrin would stay a boy forever. He would grow old inside the body of a young boy.

While Tarrin faces a difficult dilemma, someone is watching him. Someone who has plans of his own."

It's by the same author who wrote a book about chocolate being illegal.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Ok, chocolate being illegal is total sacrilege. Anyone that tried to do that would be hunted down and killed slowly and painfully by females the world over.

And congrats on finding your book.

[Adena]

Kitsune wrote: "I FOUND IT!

It's The Hunted by Alex Shearer.

"In a future world where people live to be 150, humans have paid the price for their longer lives—the cost being their fertility. Children have becom..."

Oh my gosh, thank you so much! This has literally been bothering me for years!!! I'm going to find a copy and reread it as soon as possible :)

[Michele]

Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Ok, chocolate being illegal is total sacrilege. Anyone that tried to do that would be hunted down and killed slowly and painfully by females the world over."

*snerk* You got it lol!

[Michele]

The Hunted for the clicky