Delirium
In a world where love is treated like a disease, a waiting-for-the-cure teen falls for the one boy she should avoid.
First published 2012 · Delirium
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Story
In an alternate United States, society treats love as a dangerous illness and requires a cure at eighteen. Lena Haloway, living with relatives in Portland, Maine, expects to undergo the procedure and finally enter a safe, predictable life.
As her cure date approaches, Lena meets Alex, a boy from outside the system who changes how she sees the rules she has always trusted. Their connection pulls her toward forbidden feelings, secrecy, and growing doubt about the government’s version of safety.
The novel follows Lena’s shifting loyalties as she begins to question her upbringing, her family’s history, and the logic of the world around her. The story builds toward a major turning point and ends on a cliffhanger that clearly sets up the next installment.
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- Authors
- Lauren Oliver
- First published
- 2012
- Genres
- Young Adult, Dystopia, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Teen, Love
- Subjects
- Children's fiction · Maine, fiction · Love, fiction · Science fiction · Orphans, fiction · Family life, fiction · New york times bestseller · New York Times bestseller children's literature · Love stories · Love · Resistance to Government · Passive resistance to government · Psychological aspects of Resistance to government · Moral and religious aspects of Resistance to government · Government, Resistance to. · Government, Resistance to -- Fiction · Fiction, family life, general · Family life education · Family life in fiction · FICTION / Family Life / General · Family life -- Fiction · FICTION -- Family Life · Fiction, family life · Family Life · Families · Juvenile Fiction · Dystopias · Fiction, dystopian · Dystopias in literature · Young adult fiction, dystopian · FICTION / Dystopian · Dystopias -- Fiction · Dystopian · Dystopies · Dystopia · Dystopian fiction · YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian · Dystopies dans la littérature · Teens vs dystopian regime · NEW LIST 20110630 · Utopias and Dystopias · Dystopias -- Juvenile fiction · Dystopias in literarature · Dystopias in fiction · Dystopias - Fiction · Fiction, romance, general · Fiction, romance, contemporary · Romance fiction · Government Policy · Sears · Maine, history · Maine, juvenile literature · Maine · Familias -- Novela juvenil · Family & Relationships · Family policy · Family relationships · Family, fiction · Family · Famille · Familles · Familles -- Romans, nouvelles, etc · Familles dans la littérature · Novela juvenile · Adolescentes -- Novela juvenil · Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse · Nouvelles · RESISTENCIA CIVIL · Mouvements de résistance · Résistance au gouvernement · Government, Resistance to, in literature · Government, Resistance to · Orfanatos · Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction · General fiction (Children's / Teenage) · Children's & Teenage Fiction · Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Science Fiction · Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General · Orphans in fiction · Orphans -- Juvenile fiction · JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes · Young adult fiction, family, orphans & foster homes · Orphans -- Romania -- Fiction · Juvenile Fiction - Family - Orphans & Foster Homes · Fiction Orphans · Orphans -- Fiction · Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
- ISBN-13
- 9780061726835
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