![]() ![]() The teachers, known as guardians, keep a close watch on what the students are allowed to know and what they consume. Hailsham students are never told enough about the world outside. Smoking is told to be especially harmful for these kids. They have to stay healthy and there are frequent medical check-ups. ![]() The kids are orphans, but they never wonder about their parents. Their lives and those of other students around them are curious. The book explores the lives of three friends, Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth who live in Hailsham House boarding school. ![]() Set in late 20th century Britain, where science has found the answer to life-threatening diseases, this “quasi-science fiction” and strange coming-of-age is the story of the novel Never Let Me Go. Imagine being raised in a boarding school where the goal is not to produce educated citizens who will go on to explore the variety of life, but to prepare youngsters designed for a specific and limited purpose. ![]()
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