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Summary

In society where hate or intolerance is said to be the worse crime you can commit, a young student with a perfect memory trains to become the elite of the elite--only to discover that means something totally different than she ever imagined.

Stats

Genre: YA dystopian

Series length: ​Two books currently

Violence: Moderately high, not graphic

Magic/Supernatural: Moderately low, involving some unexplained visions

Romance: Moderate, clean

Christian/spiritual element: Moderate, allegorical 

Recommendation: Readers who enjoy dystopia or who wish to explore what taking modern tolerance to its logical end would look like 

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Divergent

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Opening Lines: 

Some things should never be forgotten--at least, that's what they tell me. i can't forget anything. Not what I had for breakfast last week (regulation protein cereal). Not the Collective News broadcast from last month (Supreme Lover Midgate wanted to wish us all "a very happy Triumph of Love season."). Not even my first Hater Recognition Sign (Haters can't love. Period.).

Usually I can block most of it out, but sometimes it bubbles over, and I end up getting in trouble. Like when I recite my Dorm Leaders' exact words back to them. Or worse: when I recite what they said four years ago.

​The name "memory Freak" sticks to me like static electricity. 

Apprentice (Collective Underground, Book #1)
by Kristen Young

The Love Collective is everywhere.
It sees everything.
Be not afraid.

Apprentice Flick remembers everything, except the first five years of her life. And for as long as she can remember, Flick has wanted to enter the Elite Academy—home to the best, brightest, and most loyal members of the Love Collective government.

Flick's uncanny memory might get her there, too … even if it is the very thing that marks her as a freak. But frightening hallucinations start intruding into her days and threaten to bring down all she has worked so hard to accomplish. Why is she being hijacked by a stranger's nightmare over and over again?

Moving to the Elite Academy could give Flick the future she's always wanted. But her search for truth may lead to a danger she cannot escape.

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Opening Lines: 
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My name is Kerr Flick, or Cadence, or ... something. I don't know. A month ago, if anyone told me that my Dorm Leader would be offering to break the law for me, I would have laughed. No--worse than that. I probably would have reported them for losing their minds. 

But that was before. 

Elite (Collective Underground, Book #2)
by Kristen Young

Where do you find safety when your world is falling apart?

Apprentice Flick thought the Elite Academy was the answer to all her problems. But the revelation of her past turned everything upside down. Now, she is caught between two worlds set on a collision course.

Will she embrace the chaotic memories that flood her every waking moment? Or will she run to the security of her Elite training?

Discovering her parents’ identities takes her to a secret underground bunker where she finds new friends, opportunities, and maybe even love. But Flick must decide where her allegiances lie soon, or the Triumph of Love festival might bring about her demise.