Divergent · Book 1
Divergent
- Published
- 26 April 2011
- Pages
- 487
- ISBN-13
- 9780062286437
- Type
- novel
About this book
Divergent (2011, 487 pages) opens the trilogy in a walled-off, post-war Chicago divided into five virtue-based factions, following Tris Prior as she discovers she's Divergent -- unable to fit neatly into any one faction, a trait the system considers dangerous enough to kill for -- and chooses Dauntless, throwing herself into its brutal initiation and falling for her enigmatic instructor Four.
Its place in Divergent
Divergent is book 1 in the Divergent series. It is followed by Insurgent. See the full Divergent reading order.
In a walled-off, post-war Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each built around a single virtue: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent). At sixteen, every teenager takes an aptitude test and chooses the faction they'll spend the rest of their life in — even if it means leaving their family forever. Tris Prior discovers she doesn't fit neatly into any one faction; she's Divergent, a trait the system considers dangerous…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062337085
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007420414
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007420421