The story: The Children of Peace are really hostages, held by the Artificial Intelligence known as Talis. They'll be killed if their individual countries declare war--thus helping preserve the peace. When handsome, wild Elian comes to the Precepture, he just can't/won't keep the rules and the results are torture. Greta, another hostage who's about to age out of the system, finally comes to realize there's more to living than just staying alive. She and Elian will most likely both be killed when his country declares war on hers--but maybe there's something she can do to change the way things turn out.
June Cleaver's ratings: Language PG-13; Violence PG-13; Sexual content R; Nudity PG-13; Substance abuse PG; Magic & the occult G; GLBT content R; adult themes (war, political killing, dystopia) PG-13; overall rating R.
Liz's comments: Everyone else seemed to love this story, except for me--I found it adequate but not great. No matter how you feel about the content, it appears that everyone agrees it's definitely for high school.
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