Comments on: Malley: The Declaration http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/01/782/ sharing views and reviews on books in East Renfrewshire Sun, 20 May 2012 18:43:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kayleigh http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/2010/01/782/#comment-158 Kayleigh Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:45:17 +0000 http://www.ercblogs.co.uk/books/?p=782#comment-158 I enjoyed The Declaration by Gemma Malley because it kept me in suspense, particularly in the last few chapters. Every 2 or 3 paragraphs, the book would jump to a different person. The characters are believable and very well portrayed. The story is set in the future, in the year, 2140. A ‘longevity’ drug has been invented so that people can live for ever. However, if everyone took the dug and had children, the population would be too big. So, to have children, you have to ‘Opt Out’ from the drug and you are permitted to have children. Anna’s parents are part of the ‘Underground Society’, a group of people who don’t agree with the declaration (the law which states that you can’t have children and take Longevity). They have Anna illegally and hide her. When she was found, they took her to a Surplus Hall for Illegal Children. They are trained to work and then employed by legal people. But when a boy named Peter comes to the Surplus Hall and tells Anna about the outside world and about her parents - who Mrs. Pincent, the House Matron has told her are evil for breaking the declaration – Anna isn’t sure what to believe… By Kayleigh (St Ninians High School) I enjoyed The Declaration by Gemma Malley because it kept me in suspense, particularly in the last few chapters. Every 2 or 3 paragraphs, the book would jump to a different person. The characters are believable and very well portrayed.
The story is set in the future, in the year, 2140. A ‘longevity’ drug has been invented so that people can live for ever. However, if everyone took the dug and had children, the population would be too big. So, to have children, you have to ‘Opt Out’ from the drug and you are permitted to have children.
Anna’s parents are part of the ‘Underground Society’, a group of people who don’t agree with the declaration (the law which states that you can’t have children and take Longevity). They have Anna illegally and hide her. When she was found, they took her to a Surplus Hall for Illegal Children. They are trained to work and then employed by legal people. But when a boy named Peter comes to the Surplus Hall and tells Anna about the outside world and about her parents - who Mrs. Pincent, the House Matron has told her are evil for breaking the declaration – Anna isn’t sure what to believe…

By Kayleigh (St Ninians High School)

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