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The summer before they're supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music,... read more
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Summary edit
Follows Hana through her childhood, reading the Delirium story in Hanna's POV as she spends time with Lena, goes through a lot of things and then finally we learn that it was Hanna who betrayed Lena.
Characters edit
- Hana Trent: Lena Tiddle's best friend. Main protagonist in this story.
- Fred Hargrove: Mayor's son, Hana's match.
- Sarah Sterling: A neighbor of Hana's.
- Angelica Marston: Hana's neighbor who becomes her friend when she grows distant from Lena.
- Jed: Works with Lena. Heavy
- Minnie Phillips: Add a description of this character.
- Lena Ella Haloway Tiddle: Hana's best friend.
- Mrs. Hargrove: Fred Hargrove's mother.
- Alex: Lena's love. Works as a guard.
- Steve Hilt: The boy Hana likes.
Quotes edit
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“I am happy for her. I am. And sometimes, just before going to sleep, when I am at my most vulnerable, I am jealous.”
Hana -
“And for a moment―for a split second―everything else falls away, the whole pattern and order of my life, and a huge joy crests in my chest. I am no one, and I owe nothing to anybody, and my life is my own.”
Hana -
“There is only what you want and what happens. There is only grabbing on and holding tight in the darkness.”
Hana -
“All this time, I thought we were growing apart because I was leaving Lena behind. But really it was the reverse. She was learning to lie.She was learning to love.”
Hana -
“For the first time in a long time, I actually look at her. I've always thought Lena was pretty, but now it occurs to me that at some point - last summer? last year? - she became beautiful.”
Hana -
“"Reward, reward, reward. 'Reward for information.' 'If you see something, say something.' A paper town, a paper world: paper rustling in the wind, whispering to me, hissing out a message of poison and jealousy. If you know something, do something. I’m sorry, Lena."”
Hana -
“"If you know something do something"I'm sorry Lena”
Hana
First Sentence edit
When I was a little kid, my favorite thing about winter was sledding.
Glossary edit
- Amor Deleria: The sickness that is love. People are cured of it at 18
- Invalid: A person who lives in the wilds who ran away from the city.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Delirium Trilogy. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lauren Oliver (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
ISBN: 9780062124364
Page Count: 144
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
ISBN: 9780062124364
Page Count: 144
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