Divergent, by Veronica Roth. HarperCollins, 2011. 487 pp. 978-0-06-202402-2.
... in which Beatrice, living in a dystopian future Chicago, must choose a faction, survive the dangerous and competitive training for initiates, and stop a plot that could destroy her whole society.
Divergent follows the adventures of a 16-year-old girl named Beatrice Prior. Beatrice lives in a futuristic dystopian Chicago, where all of the population is divided into five factions, distinguished from each other by their central characteristics: Abnegation (the selfless), Candor (the honest), Amity (the peaceful), Erudite (the intelligent), and Dauntless (the brave). At the age of 16, each citizen takes an aptitude test and then chooses which faction they would like to join. Many stay with the faction they were raised in, though some decide to switch. On the day of her aptitude exam, Beatrice is given inconclusive results, which means she is Divergent... a very dangerous thing. Despite being raised in Abnegation, Beatrice chooses to switch factions to Dauntless, and changes her name to Tris. There, she must survive a very dangerous and very competitive month of training, while learning why being Divergent is a dangerous trait. Along the way, Tris meets a boy (of course) and discovers a dangerous plot that could destroy her whole society.
