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Divergent [electronic resource] / Veronica Roth.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062077011 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2014.
Content descriptions
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Summary, etc.: | 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.</ |
Target Audience Note: | 7 years and up |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices. |
Source of Description Note: | Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed April 14, 2014). |
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Subject: | Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |