Divergent by Veronica Roth

Another "dystopian" novel! Tris is small and quiet but feels things that make it seem like she might not belong in the "faction" she was born into. She is torn on "choosing day" because not only does she choose a different faction but her brother Caleb does as well - leaving her parents alone. She has so much on her mind - worry for her parents, confusion about her brother, confusion about herself and why she feels comfortable in "dauntless" faction as well as "abnegation" - she discovers it is because she is "divergent" meaning that basically she can think for herself and has characteristics from several factions. She must also make it through initiation with this secret - all the while trying to figure out what it actually means and why it is a secret. Not to mention the feelings she is developing for her instructor and worrying that the competitiveness of initiation has put a price on her head. This is an excellent book - I want to shout it from the rooftops!!! (I see a sequel in the future!)