Divergent is about a 16-year-old girl named Beatrice "Tris" Prior. Taking place in post-apocalyptic Chicago, the city is divided into five factions: Dauntless, Abnegation, Amity, Erudite, and Candor. Every year, all 16-year-olds are given a test to see which faction they would best fit in with (which isn't always the faction they grew up in), after which a day of Choosing occurs, where the teens can choose which faction they want to join. It is a time of unrest between factions and choosing a different faction from the one you grew up in is seen as a betrayal to the faction you're leaving.
Tris leaves Abnegation for Dauntless. She has a secret. During her testing, her results were inconclusive - she could do equally well in Abnegation, Dauntless, or Erudite. The ability to be like more than one faction is known as divergence. And there are those who seek out and kill the Divergent.
Go out and get this book! If you liked the Hunger Games, you are going to love Divergent! After reading a copy from the library, I went out and bought my own copy to have.
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