![]() ![]() The larger world is less precisely realized it will be intriguing to see how DeStefano develops it as this promising trilogy progresses. DeStefano has an observant and occasionally pitiless eye, chronicling the cruelties, mercies, and inconsistencies of her young characters. And as Gabriel's furtive relationship with Rhine grows, he begins to share her dream of escape. Pampered but imprisoned, Rhine only wants to get back to her twin brother, Rowan, in gritty Manhattan. ![]() Healthy teenage girls are prized as breeding stock, and Rhine is kidnapped and forced into a polygamous marriage with the wealthy Linden Ashby, in whose palatial Florida home Gabriel is a servant. Science gave 21st-century America one generation of perfect babies since then, war has destroyed the other continents, and a virus that kills girls by 20 and boys by 25 has ravaged subsequent generations. It is set in a future where scientists succeeded in engineering a perfect generation of humans, free of illness and disorders, but as a consequence, also created a virus that plagues. ![]() It was originally published on March 22, 2011, by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. DeStefano, however, forgoes larger social analysis to depict the personal impact of a dystopian future on Rhine and Gabriel, teenagers with a handful of years to live. The only time flowers bloomed in our neighborhood was when she was alive. Wither is a 2011 young-adult dystopian novel written by Lauren DeStefano. ![]() Opening the Chemical Garden trilogy, DeStefano's harrowing debut initially comes across as The Handmaid's Tale for YA readers. ![]()
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