Divergent- Veronica Roth

I head about Divergent by Veronica Roth through some of my students. It is waitlisted at the public library, and I have a feeling it's going to be the next big thing. It is a dystopian young adult fiction {are you sensing a pattern?} with a female protagonist.

Here is the synopsis from Veronica Roth's Blog:

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.

Loved:

• The class system by apptitude known as factions
• Names of different "factions"
• Story line kept me turning pages
• Romance that isn't a love triangle
• The essence of there being a bigger picture
• The fact that the book was engaging intellectually and superficially
• TRILOGY!

Loathed {disliked}:

• Violence for such young age groups
• The lack of understanding factions before they were to choose one

Overall I am obsessed with this book. I barely disliked any part of it. It kept me reading and wanting to know what was going to happen next. It reminds me a lot of The Hunger Games since it is dystopian and about the youths in a different USA than today.  The second book is called Insurgent, and I 'll have to admit I already finished it, loved it, & cannot wait to write about it! The third book is planned to come out next year, and I am dying to read it.This book is highly recommended! GO AND READ IT!

On a different note, here is next school year's booklist for my reading club. We decided to read "classics" this time around.What should I do for my free read???

·         To Kill a Mockingbird

·         The Great Gatsby

·         Catcher in the Rye

·         Of Mice and Men or The Pearl

·         And Then There Were None

·         Free read of your choice

Speaking of The Great Gatsby, the movie comes out in December! It is directed by the man who gave us Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet {The one with Clare Danes and Leonardo DeCaprio}

I'll leave you with this:

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