title: Divergent Thinking: YA Authors on Veronica Roth's Divergent Trilogy
author: Leah Wilson
description: <div>Leah Wilson is editor-in-chief of the Smart Pop imprint of BenBella Books, and editor of <I>The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy</I>. She is also the co-editor of <I>Demigods and Monsters</I> (with Rick Riordan), <I>Immortal</I> (with PC Cast), and many other titles.</div>
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  Divergent Veronica Roth
  
  
  
  
  
  Veronica Roth
  
  
  To my mother,
  
  
  
  
  
  To my mother, who gave me the moment when Beatrice realizes how strong her
  mothe r is and wonders how she missed it for so long Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents Chapter One THERE IS ONE mirror in my house. It is behind… Chapter
  Two TH
  
  
  E TESTS BEGIN after lunch. We sit at the long… Chapter Three I WAKE TO sweaty
  palm s and a pang of guilt… Chapter Four I REACH MY street five minutes before
  I usuallly do,… Chapter Five THE BUS WE take to get to the Choosing Ceremony…
  Chapter Six I T
  
  
  RAIN MY eyes on the floor and stand behind… Chapter Seven WHEN ALL THE
  initiates s tand on solid ground again, Lauren… Chapter Eight “THE FIRST THING
  you will learn to day is how to… Chapter Nine “SINCE THERE ARE an odd number
  of you, one of…
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter Ten THAT NIGHT I dream that Christina hangs from the railing… Chapter
  Elev en THE NEXT MORNING, I don’t hear the alarm, shuffl