Lena, a teen girl who has lived in shame all of her life, counts the days until the procedure that will cure her. But is it really a cure when the disease is love? Lena sure thinks so, until she meets Alex. Cute, sweet, and charming, she slowly falls for him, and realizes why love might be her cause to fight for.
Delirium (Delirium Trilogy)
By Lauren Oliver
Book 1 of 3 in the
Delirium Trilogy Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 10 - 8 | n/a | 6.1 | 114476 |
Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium the first in a dystopian trilogy presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistakes. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love? Delirium received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, and was named a Best Book of the Year by USA Today, Kirkus, Amazon.com, YALSA, and the Chicago Public Library and was selected as one of NPR's Top 100 Best Ever Teen Novels. Supports the Common Core State Standards
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN-13: 9780061726835
ISBN-10: 0061726834
Published on 5/17/2016
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 480
Book Reviews (14)
I thought this was a good book. So Lena; a girl living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins because her parents died is almost ready to take the procedure. The "procedure" takes place on her birthday, and it causes her to be "older" and not fall in love because the president in this book, thinks love is a disease...after people have the procedure you go to college then you get married with the person your assigned with. So ninety five days before September 3 {her birthday} she meets a guy named Alex during her evaluation, and the evaluation is when some scientists decide who she should be paired with and has her answer some questions. Before she knows it, she falls in love with Alex and has limited time to spend with him until her procedure. A couple weeks before she has it, Lena and Alex decide to take a risky route to avoid her procedure.
Thanks this review helped me alot! I think I'm going to check it out right when I get to the library tmrw!
This is one of the best books written in a long time! Everyone has to read this book and whoever does, they will fall in love with it!
I absoulutly LOVED this book. It goes a little slower in the begining but buckle your seatbelts, cause it is one wild ride! This is a young teen romance story and make sure you get the 2nd book;Pandemonium. I definitly recomend to readers looking for a fun , action filled book.