Paperback features over fifty pages of bonus materials, including a sneak peek of Insurgent, an author Q&A, a discussion guide, a Divergent playlist, faction manifestos, and more! In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent).
On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives.
For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made.
Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen.
But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, the first in a trilogy of dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance."
Ann Ngugi –
I have read many books but non has captivated me like the Midnight Sun. God bless the writer.
Vivian Sharon –
“If your baby is raised by you alone how will you convince her that marriage is good, what marriage advice will give you her when she will be of your age? your so-learned generation is a great threat to marriage and the subsequent generations,” Ajuma was furiously dogged to drive her point home.
The Midnight Sun is a beautifully woven story about two young Teso lovers-Ejakait and Nasirumbi. They meet when they’re both in college, but their love is soon tested and they break up at a time when Nasirumbi need Ejakait most.
The story is so rich in Iteso culture. I literally felt like I was drinking Akipi from Teso land. The author brings out heated issues surrounding girl child education, single motherhood, feminism and marriage.
What does an educated, single mother in a deeply rooted traditional culture got to do? Agree to marry anyone because it is shameful to have a child and stay unmarried? Leave her child to her parents because the man intending to marry her is doing her a favor and doesn’t want the burden of bringing up a child he didn’t sire?
The role of education in marriage is also greatly contested in the book. At some point I felt angry at the author’s perspective, carefully placed in dialogues. I won’t tell you why. But you can get a copy and make your own judgement.