It is the near future, and society has divided itself into 5 factions to avoid the conflict that lead to war. 'Those who blamed agression formed Amity ... those who blamed duplicity formed Candor ... those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite ... those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation ... and those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless'.
Beatrix Prior is an Abnegation, she tries her hardest to selfless, free from anger and put others first, but she finds it hard, she is angry much of the time. At 16 every child of the factions has to choose the faction they will live in for the rest of their lives, and those who choose a faction other than the one they were raised in face ostracism from their birth family.
Roth cleverly combines an allegory of the difficult choices any teenager has to make about where they fit and about first love with an excellent fact paced plot, a book I found difficult to put down and was disappointed to finish.
Similar to Divided Kingdom but for a teenage audience
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