Roth, Veronica. DIVERGENT
In the future, society has been reorganized; at 16, teens are evaluated and must choose which of the five factions they will join. Each faction highlights a particular virtue to address society’s shortcomings: out of weakness grew the Dauntless, who value bravery; from stupidity grew the Erudite, for those who value knowledge. From selfishness grew the Abnegation, for those who want to serve others; from dishonestly grew Candor for those who value truth, and from hate grew Amity, where happiness reigns. If a teen chooses a faction that differs from the one in which they grew up, they must sever all ties with their family. Beatrice Pryor is turning 16. She lives and serves with her family in Abnegation – a position that she finds very challenging. So perhaps it’s no surprise that her evaluation reveals that she can’t be easily sorted into one faction – she is Divergent, which her tester cautions her is a very dangerous label to have, and she must keep this secret.
At her choosing ceremony she selects the Dauntless – a rowdy and reckless group. Not all initiates will be accepted and Tris (as she calls herself) must shed her selfless upbringing and excel at the intense initiation period, or risk a fate worse than death: exile and becoming factionless.
The violent initiation – plenty of hand to hand combat here and some underhanded practices during which Tris is threatened and beat up – combined with a budding romance with a fellow Dauntless will attract many fans of The Hunger Games. Tris is a strong young woman who genuinely struggles with finding her place. She misses her family. She begins to question the “rightness” of the way her society is organized. Can people really be categorized? (NH Isinglass Teen Award nominee, 2013)
In the future, society has been reorganized; at 16, teens are evaluated and must choose which of the five factions they will join. Each faction highlights a particular virtue to address society’s shortcomings: out of weakness grew the Dauntless, who value bravery; from stupidity grew the Erudite, for those who value knowledge. From selfishness grew the Abnegation, for those who want to serve others; from dishonestly grew Candor for those who value truth, and from hate grew Amity, where happiness reigns. If a teen chooses a faction that differs from the one in which they grew up, they must sever all ties with their family. Beatrice Pryor is turning 16. She lives and serves with her family in Abnegation – a position that she finds very challenging. So perhaps it’s no surprise that her evaluation reveals that she can’t be easily sorted into one faction – she is Divergent, which her tester cautions her is a very dangerous label to have, and she must keep this secret.
At her choosing ceremony she selects the Dauntless – a rowdy and reckless group. Not all initiates will be accepted and Tris (as she calls herself) must shed her selfless upbringing and excel at the intense initiation period, or risk a fate worse than death: exile and becoming factionless.
The violent initiation – plenty of hand to hand combat here and some underhanded practices during which Tris is threatened and beat up – combined with a budding romance with a fellow Dauntless will attract many fans of The Hunger Games. Tris is a strong young woman who genuinely struggles with finding her place. She misses her family. She begins to question the “rightness” of the way her society is organized. Can people really be categorized? (NH Isinglass Teen Award nominee, 2013)
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