Golden Archer Award
2015 · Middle/Junior High · Nominee
About This Book
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.
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.
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Book 1
Awards
California Young Reader Medal
2014 · Young Adult · Winner
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2014 · Young Adult · Winner
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Young Adult · Winner
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Young Adult · Nominee
Garden State Teen Book Award
2014 · Fiction (Grades 9-12) · Winner
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2014 · Teen · Winner
Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Nutmeg Book Award
2014 · Teen · Winner
Sequoyah Book Award
2014 · High School · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2014 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Winner
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2013 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Gateway Readers Award
2013 · High School · Winner
Green Mountain Book Award
2013 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Iowa High School Book Award
2013 · Young Adult · Winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2013 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2013 · Young Adult · Winner
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2013 · Young Adult · Winner
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2013 · Ages 12 & Up · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2013 · Young Adult · Winner
Volunteer State Book Award
2013 · High School · Winner
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2012 · High School · Winner
Florida Teens Read
2012 · Grades 9-12 · Winner
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2012 · Young Adult · Winner
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2012 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Tayshas Reading
2012 · Young Adult · Commended
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2012 · Young Adult · Commended
Goodreads Choice Award
2011 · Favorite Book of 2011 · Winner
Goodreads Choice Award
2011 · Young Adult Fantasy · Winner
RT Reviewers Choice Award
2011 · Young Adult Protagonist · Winner
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