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A review by crabbygirl
The Roar by Emma Clayton
3.0
found this story quite entertaining and was surprised that, at almost 500 pages, this book was categorized as junior fiction! the companion, and sequel, is shelved with the YA so i'm guessing there has been an error somewhere.
i can see this plot as the next hunger games: futuristic city where the haves and have-nots are so distinctly separate that one lives in the 'shadows' while the rich and the governing bodies get to see the sun in an overlaid city. an animal plague has left half the world uninhabitable and the resulting density problem is solved by banning procreation for 30 years. the first children allowed to be born are now 12 and there seems to be a plot to either raise them as an army.
i can see this plot as the next hunger games: futuristic city where the haves and have-nots are so distinctly separate that one lives in the 'shadows' while the rich and the governing bodies get to see the sun in an overlaid city. an animal plague has left half the world uninhabitable and the resulting density problem is solved by banning procreation for 30 years. the first children allowed to be born are now 12 and there seems to be a plot to either raise them as an army.