Devouring Divergent

When you are a librarian it is very easy to have reader's burn-out or to find yourself in a reading slump.  This often happens to me because I often read for others and not for myself.  So when I picked up Veronica Roth's Divergent, I was so very happy to read a book that I just couldn't put down.  I devoured Divergent!

Divergent hit the shelves May 2011, and oh how I wished I had read it sooner!

If you are a fan of dystopian YA, then I highly recommend this riveting read.  

In her first book, Veronica Roth creates a dystopian Chicago society.  The society is divided into five factions.  Boy and girls who are 16 must chose a faction in which to live:  Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite.

Beatrice Prior grew up in the Abnegation faction; the faction known for its selflessness.  Beatrice has always struggled internally with the Abnegation way of life--with always putting others first.  She soon finds out that she does not fit in to any faction. She is Divergent--a label that puts her life in danger.  Being divergent must be kept secret, even after choosing Dauntless--the faction for those willing to protect others, those who are both brave and fearless.

I hope you take the time out to devour Divergent!  You will not be disappointed. 

For more information about Veronica Roth and this series (book 2, Insurgent comes out in May), visit http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/ 

*Summit Entertainment has acquired film rights for Divergent, with producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher.