Divergent

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Roth, Veronica. Divergent. New York: HarperCollins, 2011. Print. ISBN: 97800620240394. $9.99. 576 pages.

Awards & Honors:

Goodreads Choice Awards Favorite Book 2011

Wyoming Soaring Eagle Nominee 2013

Annotation:

Tris is not your typical girl in trouble, as she is strong, smart, something else that no one is supposed to know about, Divergent, so when she is forced to choose a faction and leave her family behind, she choses Dauntless, because she knows that courage might be the only thing that keeps her alive.

Book Talk Technique: The Wrap Back to the Title

The world has changed, and people are not free to possess whatever personality they like. They can be only one of the five chosen factions in society, which are-

Dauntless - The brave

Abnegation- The selfless

Erudite- The intelligent

Amenity- The peaceful

Candour- The honest

When 16 year old, Beatrice (Tris) Prior learns that does not fit into one of the factions like everyone else and that she is divergent, she must hide the truth and find a way to pretend she is normal. But, when the factions begin a war with one another, Tris quickly realizes that this new world is a dangerous place for the Divergent.

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Divergent is the first book in the Divergent Series. The second book, Insurgent, is available now, and the third book is due out in 2013.

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A Wrinkle in Time

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L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. New York: Square Fish, 2007. Print.

9780312367541. $7.00. 245 pages

Awards:

John Newbery Medal (1963)

Runner-Up, Hans Christian Andersen Award (1964)

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1965)

Sequoyah Children’s Book Award (1965)

Annotation:

Meg Murry just doesn't fit in. Her dad has been missing for over a year, she can communicate with her five-year-old brother without words, and now she is traveling through time with three celestial beings to save her family. A Wrinkle in Time is an fantasy adventure perfect for readers of all ages and interests and should hold a place on shelves in every library.

Booktalk: Open-Ended

Could Meg Murry's life get any stranger? Her dad works for the government and went missing over a year ago. Her five-year-old brother is a genius and maybe more, who has eccentric and mysterious friends. Now Meg must travel through time with her best friend, her brother, and his friends Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which to save her father from the evil force, The Dark Thing. Can she save her father and survive traveling through A Wrinkle in Time?

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Twilight

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Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. Print. ISBN: 9780316015844. $10.99. 513 pages.

Awards:

One of Publishers Weekly’s “Best Children’s Books of 2005″One of School Library Journal’s “Best Books of 2005″

Annotation: Bella Swan knows there is something dangerous about Edward, but she can't stop herself from loving him, even if it means he won't be able to keep himself from drinking her blood.  Twilight is a perfect teen romance novel, with just the right amount of fantasy and fear mixed in. 

Booktalk Technique: "Wrap Back to the Title"

"There are three things that Bella knows.

1. Edward is a vampire

2. There's a part of him—how big a part, she isn't sure—that truly thirsts for her blood

3. She is unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."

Bella is clumsy and awkward.  Edward is perfect, but dangerous.  Together they are magnetic and cannot be torn apart. Bella knows that being in love with a vampire is dangerous. She worries that she could die and wonders if she even wants to (at least mortally). She fears that she is putting everyone she knows at risk, but what Isabella doesn't realize is that Edward and his family aren't the only vampires in town and nothing will ever be the same after Twilight?

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If you like Twilight, read the rest of the series.  New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn are available in paperback at bookstores.