Quota
Marloes Morshuis
Trim size: : 14,3 x 21,5 cm | 340 pages
A thrilling and topical story about a world that seems horribly near
Planet Earth is full, and Axel and Tommy didn’t get a pass to stay. To prevent war from breaking out, the World Council has set a quota: a limited number of citizens per country.
Epidemics, armed gangs, a ban on babies, wells where people vanish: much of the world is using any and all means to get rid of redundant people. Fortunately, brothers Axel and Tommy live in a country that uses a clever trick to achieve the quota: surplus people are put in shrinking mode. The rights of the so-called shrinkers are so minimal that they only count as half a citizen. No school, electricity, gas, telephones, money, or even pets. So, tough luck if you fail to get a regular pass, but at least you’ll live. Or can you?
Soon, even the shrinkers’ lives may be in peril. Axel and Tommy are forced to flee and encounter a secret organisation that will go to any length to reach its goal: to save the world.
Quota is the first of a two-part book about a world in which no one’s life is safe.
is the first of a two-part book about a world in which no one’s life is safe.All rights available
Quota
About the author
MARLOES MORSHUIS conquered the children’s book world with Cooking for the Emperor, Borealis and The Shadows of Radovar. She likes to write exciting stories that take children to another world – and at the same time let them look at their own world with different eyes.
conquered the children’s book world with Cooking for the Emperor, Borealis and The Shadows of Radovar. She likes to write exciting stories that take children to another world – and at the same time let them look at their own world with different eyes.
