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ALLEGIANT
Author:
Roth, Veronica
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Series:
Divergent series, #3
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 14-19
Language: English
Demand: High
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LC: PZ7.R737
Grade: 9-12
Print Run: 2000000
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ISBN-13: 9780062024060
LCCN: 2013941315
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Pub Date: 10/22/2013
Availability: Available
List: $19.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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526 pages ; 22 cm.
H 8.25",
W 5.5",
D 1.63",
1.3 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Divergent
Divergent series ;
Divergent series.
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest Titles
Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Teen
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
Brodart's YA Reads for Adults
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Bibliographies:
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Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
Senior High Core Collection, 19th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 20th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 21st ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 22nd ed.
Young Adult Fiction Core Collection, 4th ed.
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Awards:
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Children's & Teen Choice Book Award Winners
Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Science Fiction
Family Life
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BISAC Subjects: |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues
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LC Subjects:
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Courage, Fiction
Courage, Juvenile fiction
Dystopias, Fiction
Dystopias, Juvenile fiction
Families, Fiction
Families, Juvenile fiction
Identity (Philosophical concept), Juvenile fiction
Identity (Psychology), Juvenile fiction
Identity, Fiction
Loyalty, Fiction
Loyalty, Juvenile fiction
Science fiction
Social classes, Fiction
Social classes, Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Courage, Fiction
Families, Fiction
Identity (Psychology), Fiction
Science fiction
Social classes, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
5.7
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Points: 17.0
Lexile Level:
830
Reading Counts Level:
5.4
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Points: 25.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 09/01/2013 |
| It's time to learn the truth. The secrets long held by this dystopian world, in which citizens choose one of five factions to call their own and a Divergent girl upsets the system, step forth in this conclusion to the Divergent trilogy. Divergent trilogy series, 544pp. |
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| Booklist | 10/15/2013 |
| Grades 8-11. If Divergent (2011) boasted a stark clarity and Insurgent (2012) bordered on the incomprehensible, this trilogy finale falls squarely in the middle: though plenty of fat goes uncut, the plot is both followable and logical. While Roth's strength has never been characterization (side characters continue to be more or less interchangeable), she does, by the brave ending, elicit a long-in-coming and, frankly, well-earned emotional response. Power couple Tris and Tobias, on trial as traitors, manage to escape their dystopic Chicago only to land in the hands of the Bureau, a government agency that is watching the "experiment" of the Factions unfold. This pulling-back-of-the-curtain and the accompanying "fight against genetic damage" may be the single most fascinating idea of the entire series, though there isn't much lingering upon it before, once more, Tris and Tobias must judge a new cast of characters as friend or foe between episodes of bickering and kissing. While the prose feels hasty and repetitive, it does turn pages, which is the meter by which the gargantuan fan base will judge it. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: This heir to The Hunger Games is arguably the highest-demand book of the year. Expect total saturation leading up the 2014 movie. Resistance is futile. Kraus, Daniel. 544p. Booklist Online. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 02/01/2014 |
| R. Gr. 9-12. The highly anticipated conclusion to Roth's Divergent series follows Dauntless heroes Tris and Tobias as they make their way out of the walled city of Chicago to the Bureau of Genetic Welfare, where they discover the legacy of genetic tampering that led to the faction-based society that has ruled Chicago for generations. The city is one of the Bureau's greatest experiments and a successful one at that, with the factions providing the social conditioning needed to supplement genetic predispositions. Now that the factions have fallen apart, however, Chicago is under siege from both within and without. Tobias' mother, the leader of the factionless, is about to start a war with the newly formed Allegiant group within the city while the Bureau is considering wiping the memories of Chicago's residents in an attempt to reset the experiment. The plot is believably complex, and Roth makes the wise decision in this last installment to reveal the secrets early on and let the focus fall on her characters as they grapple with this new reality, the choices that face them, and the repercussions of their actions. Tris shares narration with Tobias, and the dual perspective makes this a less action-intensive outing than the previous books but rewards readers with a fuller, more complete picture of both the world and its inhabitants. The relationship between Tris and Tobias is sorely tested, battered and bruised as it is by the lies they must tell in order to survive, and while the ardent lust of their affection is still there, it is tempered now with new notions of love, forgiveness, and sacrifice. In the end, this is a world replete with loss, and the heroes must suffer their own in a twist that will break the hearts of many readers but stays true to the merciless dystopia that Roth has created. KQG. 526p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2014. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 11/01/2014 |
| 3. In the final installment of Roth's Divergent series, the factions are dismantled and the city is in upheaval. Tris and Tobias set out with a group of rebels to seek answers about the world beyond the fence. Amidst all the deception and betrayal, Roth provides meditations on love, loss, and sacrifice that ponder the complexities of free will versus genetic destiny. lak. 531pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 10/28/2013 |
| Ages 14-up. Roth shakes up her storytelling (and will do the same to some readers) in this highly anticipated, largely satisfying wrap-up to the Divergent trilogy. First, the majority of the story takes place outside the city walls, since Tris and Tobias (aka Four) have joined the rebel group known as the Allegiant, whose goals are to fight the factionless and discover what's beyond the city's boundaries. Second, Roth alternates between Tris's and Tobias's viewpoints as readers learn about genetic tampering that the U.S. government performed generations earlier, which gave rise to the faction system. Roth's plotting is, as readers have come to expect, intelligent and complex. Dangers, suspicion, and tension lurk around every corner, and the chemistry between Tris and Tobias remains heart-poundingly real. The alternating perspectives are bothersome at times, due to the similarity between Tris and Tobias's first-person narratives. However, for those who have faithfully followed these five factions, and especially the Dauntless duo who stole hearts two books ago, this final installment will capture and hold attention until the divisive final battle has been waged. Agent: Joanna Volpe, New Leaf Literary & Media. (Oct.). 544p. Web-Exclusive Review. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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