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Title:   The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau Publisher: Recorded Books Format: Audio book Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Narrator: Elizabeth Morton Genre: YA Dystopian Synopsis:  The story in which a 16-year-old is chosen by her government to undergo The Testing, which decides if she gets to go to The University. The University is for the country’s best and brightest teens and puts the rebuilding and future leadership of the United Commonwealth in their hands. During The Testing, extreme psychological and physical trials pit them against one another to determine which teens have what it takes to become a leader.  (36) Review: With similarities to  The Hunger Games  and the  Divergent Series  this seems like the next new dystopian trilogy to watch and read, according to many reviews and websites. I thought the book started a out a little slow but picked up as they start the testing. The testing is filled with sick min...

Title:   Divergent (Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books 501 Pages Genre: YA Synopsis:  In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one ...