Divergent

Divergent

By:  Veronica Roth

Library Cat Rating:  😻 😻 😻 😻 
    VERDICT is that this is still a great read and as a futuristic novel will withstand the test of time.  Published in 2011, I thought I may have missed the boat on this novel, but as I read it and chatted it about it with teens at my library I found that it remains a widely read novel.  It was the first novel in our Books > Movies program and November!

Booktalk:

Awards:  

Georgia Peach Book Award (2012), Evergreen Teen Book Award (2014), Soaring Eagle Book Award (2012), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2012), Children's Choice Book Award Nominne for Teen Choice book of the Year (2012), Sakura Medal, New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Young Adult (2014), Lincoln Award Nominee (2014), DABWAHA Romance Tournament for Best Young Adult Romance (2012), Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite book and Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2011), Green Mountain Book Award (2013), The Magnolia Award for 6-8 (2014), Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice (2014), Missouri Gateway Readers Award (2014), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for High School (2014), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor Novela Extranjera Perteneciente a Saga (2011)

Citation:
Roth, Veronica.  (2011).  Divergent.  New York, NY:  Harper Collins Publishers.

Annotation:
Set in city of Chicago in the distant future, Beatrice Prior has grown up in a society divided into five factions.  When a person turns sixteen, they must choose one faction to commit to for life, but Tris discovers that she is Divergent and can never belong to just one faction.

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Other Recommended Dystopian Reads:

-Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

-The Selection by Kiera Cass

-The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

-The Innocence Treatment by Ari B. Goelman

-Disruption by Jessica Shirvington

Extras:
Which faction are you?  Take the test here.

Check out the GoodReads page for Divergent here.

Divergent movie trailer!