Delirium

Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium--the first in a dystopian trilogy--presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet.

In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistakes.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?

Delirium received starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, and was named a Best Book of the Year by USA Today, Kirkus, Amazon.com, YALSA, and the Chicago Public Library and was selected as one of NPR's Top 100 Best Ever Teen Novels.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 08/02/2011
ISBN: 9780062112439
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.60d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Gateway Readers Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 143097 / Delirium
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18