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Title: Depressing - not for children!
Review: I bought this based on all the positive reviews and the fact it was a Newberry Medal winner. However, after reading it, I'm not sure I really trust the judgement of the Newberry Medal now. As one of the negative reviews I read mentioned, any book that portrays a society nonchalantly 'releasing' newborn infants to maintain the order of things should not be a 'children's' book. There are other young adult books that depict this type of apocalyptic society just fine without resorting to that level of monstrosity. I did not feel enlightened at all upon finishing the book....just depressed and sorry I wasted my time and money.
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