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Original Title:	The Hunted
ISBN:	0330431900 (ISBN13: 9780330431903)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2006)

The Hunted

Alex Shearer

Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

Rating: 3.74 | 200 Users | 19 Reviews

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Title	:	The Hunted
Author	:	Alex Shearer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2005 by Pan Macmillan
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Dystopia. Young Adult. Fiction. Thriller

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In a future world where people live to be 150, humans have paid the price for their longer lives—the cost being their fertility. Children have become a commodity: they are bought and sold, won and lost, and worst of all, are hunted by the "kiddernappers" keen to make a quick buck on a big sale.

When Deet wins Tarrin in a card game he rents him out to childless couples. They pay for Tarrin to play in their houses, and they pretend he's their child for an hour or two. But as Tarrin gets older, Deet is keen to secure his future, and his interest in "The Peter Pan" operation grows. By having "The Peter Pan," Tarrin would stay a boy forever. He would grow old inside the body of a young boy.

While Tarrin faces a difficult dilemma, someone is watching him. Someone who has plans of his own.

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I think this is supposed to be a kid's book, but I don't see any child enjoying the cynicism. I liked the ideas about eternal youth and how it might not be all it seems to be. The ending was not to my liking however.

I must have read this nearly a decade ago, I remember being absolutely enthralled. One of the first dystopian novels I can remember reading, and I was absolutely hooked. Uses the concept of growing infertility, which I have enjoyed in The Handmaid's Tale and other texts, in a novel way. Definitely will be seeking out to read again.

An open letter to dystopians written before 'The Dystopocalypse'(and yes, that's what I'm calling it):You guys were usually pretty amazing. Most of you were genuinely creepy and yet very relatable, and I could really see something that happened in your stories happening to the society we have in the future. Now, here's the question. WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS GONE?Respectfully,HayleyAs it turns out, at the back of charity book stores.The Hunted was something I didn't really have high expectations for

Such an interesting concept and so interestingly written - some of the characters were repetitively annoying and the ending was a bit too perfect but I'm technically not a YA reader anymore. This one will definitely stay with me a while!

Tarrin is a young boy who's on the brink of hitting puberty and becoming a teen. The danger in this is that when he does, he will no longer be in such high demand. Right now he makes a living working with his partner, or rather his leach, Deet, an adult who schedules appointments for adults (99% of the population) who want to have a kid for an afternoon because there are so few children born anymore. The world is set in the future where modern medicine has created a way for people to live

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Well reading this book I had no idea where it was going I didn't know if Tarrin was going to be kidnapped, or sold, and or run away from Deet. But I am really happy about how it ended. Just one question, how old was Tarrin? I couldn't work it out, but it is possible that I read over his age. Anyway it was a great book and I am definitely going to read it again, and maybe do a reading log on it :)