What About Wednesdays? Declaration, by Gemma Malley

I realize this is two What About Wednesdays, but I wanted to do Bewitching Season in honor of the release of Betraying Season. And I thought you'd all enjoy this book as well:
(Both were read in February of this year.)

Declaration, by Gemma Malley
Young Adult, 2007

Anna is a 'surplus'. Longevity drugs have been introduced, and people can option to live forever as long as they sign saying they will not have children. Any children produced result in imprisonment and their children are 'surplus' and sent to a special school. There they learn to hate their parents for bringing them into the world, they learn their place (think pond scum), and learn just enough skills to be little more than slaves to the rest of society.
I really enjoyed this book. It raises a philosophical question - would you choose to live for ever, or would you opt out of that option in order to have children? The catch is, you have to opt out by 16 - but who really knows what they want at that age? In the end, this book almost ends up being a psychological study because of the progress of Anna - how she evolves from thinking herself of no consequence and a 'surplus' to realizing her worth. Grade A-.