Divergent: Book Summary & Analysis

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In a future society divided into five factions based on virtues, sixteen-year-old Beatrice "Tris" Prior must choose where she belongs. But when she discovers she is Divergent—possessing traits of multiple factions—she learns that her secret could mean her survival or her downfall. As she navigates the intense initiation process of her chosen faction, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy that threatens her world, Tris must decide who she truly is and who she can trust.