I thought that there wasn't much of a plot, but the idea of de-aging was intriguing. ( )

A group of elderly people are given an experimental drug that allows them to age backwards. Will it work? Can they stop when they want? Or will they keep aging backwards? ( )

"IT ISN'T NATURAL FOR YOU TO BE YOUNGER THAN YOUR GREAT-CHILDREN. WE MESSED AROUND WITH NATURE, AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE." MELLY AND ANNY BETH BOTH LIVED NORMAL LIVES THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY. BUT IN 2000, WHEN THEY ARE OLD AND READY TO DIE, THEY ARE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT TURNABOUT AND ARE GIVEN AN INJECTION TO MAKE THEM GROW YOUNGER.

AS USUAL, HADDIX HAS COME UP WITH AN INTRIGUING CONCEPT. NEVER AGING SOUNDS GREAT, BUT MELLY AND ANNY BETH PROVE THAT THERE IS A DOWNSIDE AS WELL. WILL TEENS RELATE TO THIS? SOME WILL, BECAUSE HADDIX MANAGES TO KEEP READERS GUESSING RIGHT UP TO THE END. GREAT TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION. ( )

"It isn't natural for you to be younger than your great-grandchildren. We messed around with nature, and we shouldn't have. Melly and Anny Beth both lived normal lives throughout the 20th century. But in 2000, when they are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger..." ( )

Haddix toys with the concept of escaping mortality in this story, adding the twist that there is no way to stop the age reversal. The protagonists have experienced two lifetimes. Yet, they face the same universal uncertainties about “unaging” as they faced growing old. Haddix adds in the advancement of technology and the ever-present eye of authority to create a highly conceivable futuristic society where “big brother” is watching. ( )

Two older women along with 48 others get the chance to deage. THey are given a drug and they are given a chance to pick what age they stay at. But can they really do that? This book was okay. I read Elsewhere and it was very similar. Elsewhere was about the afterlife, but the premise was the same, de-aging. I thought Elsewhere was a little better. ( )

Imagine aging in reverse or living for 200 years. This is an interesting look at the results of a medical experiment from the point of view of two friends who are facing the need to find someone to care for them as they un-age. We had an interesting discussion about this one at book club. ( )

LOC Summary: "After secretly receiving injections at the age of 100 that are meant to reverse the aging process, Melly and Anny Beth grow younger until, as teenagers, they try to find a guardian to take care of them as they return to infancy." ( )

"It isn't natural for you to be younger than your great-grandchildren. We messed around with nature, and we shouldn't have." In the year 2000, when Melly and Anny Beth are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger.