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Divergent Read Alikes
Recommended for Grades 7 through 12
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
In a post-apocalyptic future, fifteen-year-old Deuce, a
loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding the
Freaks outside her enclave, but when she is partnered
with the mysterious outsider, Fade, she begins to see that
the strict ways of the elders maybe wrong--and
dangerous.
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run
'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous
powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most
American children.
Pawn by Aimee Carter
In this future version of America, every 17 year old takes
a test to determine his or her place in society. Kitty has
failed and is assigned a rank of III she is given the chance
to upgrade her rank to a VII. To become a VII she must
assume the identity of the Prime Minister's niece and
stop a rebellion that ended her predecessor's life.
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Sixteen-year-old Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to
participate in The Testing to attend the University;
however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends
who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.
Control by Lydia Kang
In 2150, when genetic manipulation has been outlawed,
seventeen-year-old Zelia must rescue her kidnapped
sister with the help of a band of outcasts with mutated
genes.
XVI by Julia Karr
Preparing to receive a government-mandated tattoo
declaring her sexual readiness to the public at sixteen,
Nina is shattered by a brutal attack on her mother, who
before dying reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her
past.
Proxy by Alex London
Knox is a spoiled rich kid who spends his time doing
drugs, seducing girls, and occasionally stealing a car for a
joyride. He has nothing to worry about, because
whenever he gets in trouble, it’s his Proxy—a slum
resident and tech genius named Syd—who pays the price,
since he’s tied to Knox as a result of crippling debt he was
born into. When Knox accidentally kills a girl, the boys go
on the run.
Legend by Marie Lu
In a dark future, when North America has split into two
warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal,
and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture
him, discover that they have a common enemy.
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Starting in 1980, about 1% of all children born in the U.S.
were gifted with unusual abilities. Thirty-three years
later, these "brilliants" (also called "abnormals" or "abs")
are leaders in various fields -- including terrorism. Nick
Cooper's one of them, though he works for a government
agency charged with stopping ab terrorists. To stop them,
Nick will have to demolish most of his beliefs about the
world he lives in -- and maybe most that world itself.
Birthmarked by Caragh O’Brien
In the future, in a world baked dry by the harsh sun, there
are those who live inside the walled Enclave and those,
like sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone, who live outside.
Following in her mother's footsteps Gaia has become a
midwife, delivering babies in the world outside the wall
and handing a quota over to be "advanced" into the
privileged society of the Enclave. Gaia has always
believed this is her duty, until the night her mother and
father are arrested by the very people they so loyally
serve. Now Gaia is forced to question everything she has
been taught, but her choice is simple: enter the world of
the Enclave to rescue her parents, or die trying.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Lena looks forward to receiving the governmentmandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and
leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninetyfive days before her eighteenth birthday and her
treatment, when she falls in love.
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Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Aria and Perry, two teens from radically different
societies--one highly advanced, the other primitive--hate
being dependent on one another until they overcome
their prejudices and fall in love, knowing they can't stay
together.
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of
keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral
Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offenses
carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she
has ever loved, arrests her rebellious mother, Ember
must take action.
Partials by Dan Wells
In a post-apocalyptic eastern seaboard ravaged by
disease and war with a manmade race of people called
Partials, the chance at a future rests in the hands of Kira
Walker, a sixteen-year-old medic in training.
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