Divergent
by: Veronica Roth
Published by Harper Collins
487 Pages
9780062024022
Genre: YA, Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction
Storyline: Intricately Plotted, World-Building
Tone: Bleak, Suspenseful
Style: Compelling
Summary: In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among
five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her
life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an
anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she
lives in is not perfect after all.
Science Fiction Characteristics:
- Futuristic Setting/Storyline
- The setting is not based in reality
- World-Building
- Series Based (Divergent is book 1 in the series; book 2 is Insurgent and book 3 is Allegiant
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- Matched by Allyson Condie
- Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien
- Delirium by Lauren Oliver
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
My 18 year old just read these, now, I feel intrigued to also do so!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very popular book due to the movie and so are the next two in the series. They can not be found on the shelves at the Allen County Public Library. A person may have to read it as an e-book.
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