Divergent

English

ISBN: 0062024027

EAN: 9780062024022

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction/Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 05/03/2011

Age Range: 13-UP

Synopsis: In Beatrice Priors dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtueCandor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really isshe cant have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really areand where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life shes chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one shes kept hidden from everyone because shes been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . .or it might destroy her. Performed by Emma Galvin

Awards: Black-Eyed Susan Book Award – null  California Young Reader Medal – null  Great Lakes Great Books Award – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null 

Divergent

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.49 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 18.91 oz

Pages: 496