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Delirium

Written by: Lauren Oliver
Narrated by: Sarah Drew
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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

 Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Dystopian Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Emotionally Gripping

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I absolutely love the narrator!!! It felt a little exaggerated at first, but her voice really grew on me and I want to listen to her read all the time now

loved it

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I don’t know how I hadn’t heard about this book during my dystopian deep dive back in 2012, but I’m sure glad it brought me back to that good nostalgic genre!

Lauren Oliver paints with her words. Each scene is so beautifully descriptive without needless weight and depicts palpable emotion that is so relatable. I loved the choice of reader as their performance really drove home the impact of the words chosen! What a good story as well! I’m super excited to read the other books!

Engaging! Exciting!

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Loved it! This book(series) should be made into a movie or TV series! Looking forward to hearing the next two books in the series too.

Great Book!

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loved this story. similar thought process as when reading the handmaid tale. I highly recommend this book.

great book

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I would say this is a pretty good book for an overly descriptive, fluffy, teen romance. It’s a fun read. Not too over the top, but enough to make it entertaining.

A fun read

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