Divergent

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Label

Divergent

Statement of responsibility

Veronica Roth

Creator

• trueRoth, Veronica

Contributor

• trueRoth, Veronica
• Katherine Tegen Books
• HarperCollins (Firm)

Author

• trueRoth, Veronica

Publisher

• Katherine Tegen Books
• HarperCollins (Firm)

Subject

• Families
• Chicago (Ill.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueChicago, Illinois
• Courage
• trueCourage
• Courage -- Fiction
• Courage -- Juvenile fiction
• Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011
• Dystopias
• Dystopias
• trueDystopias
• Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFamilies
• Families -- Fiction
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• Identity (Psychology)
• trueIdentity (Psychology)
• Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
• Identity -- Fiction
• Illinois -- Chicago
• Juvenile works
• trueOptions, alternatives, choices
• truePrior, Tris (Fictitious character)
• trueScience fiction
• Science fiction
• Science fiction
• Science fiction
• trueSixteen-year-old girls
• trueSocial classes
• Social classes
• Social classes -- Fiction
• Social classes -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage girls
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult works

Genre

• Science fiction
• Dust jackets (Bindings)
• Dystopias
• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult works

Language

eng

Summary

• In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue -- Candor (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 is -- she can't 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 are -- and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's 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. Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series -- dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance. - Jacket flap
• 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

Member of

• trueDivergent trilogy
• World of Veronica Roth's Divergent series
• Divergent series

Storyline

• trueWorld-building
• trueIntricately plotted

Tone

• trueBleak
• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueCourageous

Award

• Amelia Bloomer List, 2012
• Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland), High School, 2013.
• California Young Reader Medal, Young Adult, 2014.
• Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2014.
• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 2014.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 9-12), 2014.
• Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2014.
• Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers, 2013.
• Goodreads Choice Award, 2011.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Teen Book Category, 2014.
• Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades 9-12, 2013.
• Iowa High School Book Award, 2014.
• Isinglass Teen Read Award (New Hampshire), 2012-2013.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 9-12, 2013.
• Land of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico), Young Adult category, 2014.
• Nutmeg Children's Book Award, Teen category, 2014.
• Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2013.
• Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, 2011.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), High School Books, 2014.
• Soaring Eagle Book Award (Wyoming), 2013.
• South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2014.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2012
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Senior, 2014.

Awards note

• Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie), 2014
• School Library Journal Starred Review (June 2011); Publishers Weekly Starred Review (21 February 2011).

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• Young Adult
• 700

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

UG

LC call number

• PZ7.R7375
• PS3618.O86336

LC item number

• Di 2011
• D58 2011

Literary form

novels

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Reading level

• 4.8.
• 5.3.
• 4.8
• 4.8
• 4.8
• 4.8

Series statement

Divergent series

Series volume

0001

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Reading Counts!
• Accelerated Reader AR
• Accelerated Reader AR
• Accelerated reader
• Accelerated reader

Target audience

adolescent