BOOK REVIEW : DIVERGENT by V.Roth

by Arthur Holt Library | Oct 31, 2017 | Student Voice

Divergent by Veronica Roth

REVIEW BY FARHAN TAMBOLI (YEAR 8)

This book is the first book in the Divergent series. It was written by Veronica Roth and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on the 25th of April 2011 and has 487 pages. This book also has a movie which was released in 10th April 2014 and is 2h 19min.

Beatrice is a 16 year old girl that lives in a world where people are put into 5 factions based on specific faction qualities. There are 5 factions: Amity, Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite and Candor. Can the faction she choose change her life forever?

This book took me by complete surprise. Since the first page this book has kept me engaged until the final page. My favourite part of the book is when Beatrice chooses her faction. My least favourite part is on page 443.

This is only the beginning of this wonderful series and I would recommend all fantasy and romance genre lovers read it. Veronica Roth has made a powerful start to a wonderful series.

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Miles said fans of mysteries will enjoy this book.

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Happy World Poetry Day !

The #arthurholtlibrary is celebrating World Poetry Day today with a host of activities for staff and students.

Why not try a haiku or a limerick on our magnetic poetry board? We've had some incredible efforts so far.

Or come to the black out poetry area and try your hand at creating a black out poem from some of our weeded resources.

If you fancy yourself as a music guru, try to guess whether our cut outs are poems or songs.

While you're in the Library, make sure you say Happy Birthday to our Head Teaching Learning Librarian, Ms Courtenay, who is celebrating her special day today.

What's your favourite type of poetry?

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Oh what a beautiful book this is.

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Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami, a young man in Japan finds a stray dog outside a convenience store. The dog’s tag says “Tamon,” a name evocative of the guardian deity of the north. The man decides to keep Tamon, becoming the first in a series of owners as the dog journeys south to find the boy whom disaster tore him from.

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Have the tissues handy.

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Our CAS Swimming and Diving students were presented with their caps this morning on quad. The best vantage point was the Library.

Congratulations gents and good luck for tomorrow.

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What variety! What talent! We can't wait to read these beauties.

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A big shout out to Year 7 #trinitygrammarschool student, Arvin who, as of today, has read an incredible 93 books.

Congratulations Arvin! We are excited to see how many books he will read by the end of year year.

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Who will win Hollywood's highest accolade?

In the meantime, check out our great movie books in the #arthurholtlibrary

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In celebration of #IWD2023, many staff are dressed

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Raise awareness about discrimination.
Take action to drive gender parity.
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