This is a quick book summary of divergent by veronica roth. In beatrice priors dystopian chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue. Parents need to know that this dystopian teen novel is the first of a trilogy. As beatrice takes the faction test, she is put through a series of trials, which. Divergent series book summary minute book report duration. The protagonist and narrator is a sixteenyearold girl from abnegation named beatrice prior. Divergent by veronica roth divergent series book summary. More surprising was that divergent is roths first book, which she. Veronica roth, divergent divergent trilogy, book 1 divergent is about a girl called tris. Many people say it is just like the hunger games, but i have read and enjoyed both books and i. Divergent is the first book of the divergent series written by veronica roth. Young adult books divergent by veronica roth the new york. The city is separated into s factions based on personality traits.
In this edgy debut definitely not for the fainthearted, first in a trilogy, promising author roth tells the riveting and complex story of a teenage girl. She is the first jumper and changes her name to tris. It is set among the poisoned ruins of a rusty postapocalyptic world. I did the aptitude test in the back of the book and my mom scored erudite, my brother candor and i scored dauntless and we were all blown. Divergent is the debut novel of american novelist veronica roth, published by harper collins childrens books in 2011. She writes with an intensity that challenges readers to look at their own lives, to consider which faction they might choose, to dream up which nightmares they might face in a similar initiation.
The novel opens with beatrices mother cutting her hair. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by. In veronica roths first novel, an urban dystopia is divided into five factions. Divergent book report johnhawkins divergent gook report divergent is a novel by veronica roth. It is an adventurous sciencefiction novel and the story of a girl. In beatrice priors dystopian chicago world, society is divided into. While in the dauntless headquarters, she is called a stiff for being in abnegation. Divergent is the first book of a trilogy written by veronica roth, an american writer. It includes the markers of the genre, including fantasy violence. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy adventure books and love books. Her short stories and essays have appeared in summer days and summer nights, shards and ashes, and the upcoming three sides of a heart. Not quite of the scope of suzanne collins the hunger games, but some sizable movement. Her tester decides to manually enter her results because when divergents are discovered, they are killed.