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Rylee C **THE DECLARATION By Gemma Malley** In the year 2140, it is illegal to be young.
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Children are all but extinct. The world is a better place. Longevity drugs are a fountain of youth. Sign the Declaration, agree not to have children and you too can live forever. Refuse, and you will live as an outcast. For the children born outside the law, it only gets worse – Surplus status. Not everyone thinks Longevity is a good thing, but you better be clear what side you’re on. . . . Surplus Anna is about to find out what happens when you can’t decide if you should cheat the law or cheat death.

There were lots I liked about the book. I liked the ideas. I liked the story line. I liked the characters for the most part too. I liked Anna's character, how she started out perfectly sure of her life and that it was meant to be miserable. Then she gradually realized that she was a human being and had the right to live same as anyone else. She got more bold and was willing to fight for her freedom. She was very believable.
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I really didn't like some things as well. I thought it didn't have enough action it it. The most action-ish thing they do is sneak through a dirty tunnel and thats only a page or two long. I was kind of dissapointed in the lack of action the book had. Another thing I didn't particularly like was the character Peter. I wanted to like him, and originally I did. He started out as fun and crazy and bold. Then towards the middle and end of the book he started getting all cheesy and saying lame tacky things. He got all mushy and emotional and I missed the old character I had seen at the beginning. He became fake and unbelievable.

3.85 stars!
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Rachel Harrison: <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 230%;">﻿HUNGER GAMES <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">﻿ <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 230%;">, by Susanne Collins

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<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">MY REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">﻿﻿I really liked this book. Although I would not recomend it to anyone younger than 12 or 13 years old. It is very gorwn up content, yet a very young writing style. The parts that I really liked were the ones that were super descriptive. I liked how you could see everything very clearly in your mind and you could almost feal as if you were in the arena fighting for your life. It was very exctiting and all of the characters were very believable, especially Peeta. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">What I really disliked in the book, was how exhausting it was reading it. And after all of the pain and troubles you read about, were really never resolved. There was no hope, it almost seemed pointless to read after a while, I just wanted to put it down. But when I finished it, it wasn't that bad, just exhausting and time for something cheerful like The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">RATING: <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4.8 stars!

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