Divergent Veronica Roth Published by Katherine Tegen Books ISBN 9780062024022
Divergent is a book set in a future version of Chicago. Like other currently popular books such as The Hunger Games series, Divergent takes place in an abnormal world very different from our own. It will captivate the reader who likes to imagine what the world could be like in the future.
Beatrice, the main character in Divergent, lives in a city made up of rival groups.
The factions represent the brave, the intelligent, the honest, the kind and the selfless, and these groups live within their own boundaries. When Beatrice turned 16, she chose to join the Dauntless, realising her home faction of Abnegation required her to be selfless, which she was not.
Readers follow Beatrice, now renamed Tris to fit into her new faction, through the trials of being a new member of Dauntless. We soon realise that there is more turmoil behind the scenes than we see at first.
When the rebellion begins, the characters display their best and worst natures: deception, cheating, determination, dignity and daring are shown over and over again throughout the story.