Gemma Malley is the author of The Declaration, a futuristic, dystopian novel set in a world in which there are drugs which stop the onset of aging and there's no room left in the world for youth. With death no longer inevitable, children become an abomination and those that are accidentally born must live locked away in a borstal-like Surplus Hall. It is published in the U.S. by Bloomsbury and is scheduled for release in October.She complied a "top 10 dystopian novels for teenagers" list for the Guardian.
The chart-topper:
1984 by George OrwellRead Malley's full list.
The original and best - who can forget Winston in his fight against the machine of authoritarian government? This book stayed with me for years after I read it and probably informed many of my political views today. Big Brother, Room 101, the Mind Police - all brilliantly realised and wonderfully narrated, right up to the chilling end.
--Marshal Zeringue
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