What's in Your Library Bag Wednesday?

     Hey! Happy first day of snow!!!! I know, I know. Most of you are more upset by the snow than happy about it, but to see the joy on my kids' faces this morning made it all worth it!! Besides. It's mostly melted by now...
     Since it is Wednesday again, I'm here to ask you What's in Your Library Bag this Fine Wednesday? I have recently finished Divergent by Veronica Roth. This young adult novel was very similar to the Hunger Games trilogy. This novel takes place in Chicago; not the Chicago of today, of course. The government is based on factions. For example, there is the Abnegation faction where you strive to be selfless; many of their jobs deal with helping the factionless or poor and fixing the city for the rest of the factions. This one is where the city's leaders come from.You also have the Candor faction where everyone always tells the truth completely as it is no matter what. There is the Dauntless faction where the members are dauntless and daring and jump off moving trains, etc. This is where the city's protectors come from. You get the idea. Anyway, when a child reaches the age of 16, they must choose a faction. They go through a series of aptitude tests that tell them which faction they lean towards, but ultimately they choice is theirs. They can choose to remain in the faction of their parents or they can choose  a new one. If they choose a new one, they forsake their family. The term, "faction before blood" has great meaning in this society.
     So, the story begins where a young Abnegation girl, Beatrice and her brother Caleb, must figure out what they'd like to be. After the odd results that Beatrice receives and her choice during the ceremony, the novel takes you on the initiation journey and what it means to be Divergent and Dauntless and a 16 year old girl.
     Beatrice or Tris as she renames herself, learns a lot about herself and her fears. She figures out a lot of things about their government and in the end leaves you the reader, with lots of questions about her and what's going on.
     Absolutely. Can't. Wait. for the next novel and it doesn't come until next year!!!  I don't remember enjoying George Orwell's 1984, but these new books on society seem to be just the thing for me.
    This particular novel flowed a lot easier than the Hunger Games did. At no point, did I want to put it down and read something else. If you are looking for something new a different try crossing over into the young adult section and see what goodies you can find. Divergent is a great starting point!