Renegade

Year for Search
2012
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Young adult flawed utopia. A supposedly perfect underground city called Elysium is a highly structured, inegalitarian dystopia that practices eugenics. The novel follows a young woman, whose mother is the dictator, and who has been chosen for the highest class as she learns the truth about her society and by the end of the novel escapes to the surface. Prequels are A Dark Grave: An Elysium Chronicles Short Story. New York: Tor.com, 2012. EBook in which a young man on the surface discovers the underground city and Rise: An Elysium Chronicles Short Story. New York: Tor.com, 2916. EBook in which a young man from the underground who is supposed to kill the protagonist of the first volumes but falls in love with her instead. A sequel is Revelations. New York: Tor Teen, 2013, in which the girl struggles to adjust to living on the surface. The third volume is Rebellion. New York: Tor Teen, 2016 in which the girl and her friends intend to kidnap her mother and exile her to the surface. The ending suggests that a further volume is possible.

Published Date

2012

Publisher
Tor Teen
Place Published
New York
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2012 Souders, J[essica] A. Renegade. New York: Tor Teen. DLC

Young adult flawed utopia. A supposedly perfect underground city called Elysium is a highly structured, inegalitarian dystopia that practices eugenics. The novel follows a young woman, whose mother is the dictator, and who has been chosen for the highest class as she learns the truth about her society and by the end of the novel escapes to the surface. Prequels are A Dark Grave: An Elysium Chronicles Short Story. New York: Tor.com, 2012. EBook in which a young man on the surface discovers the underground city and Rise: An Elysium Chronicles Short Story. New York: Tor.com, 2916. EBook in which a young man from the underground who is supposed to kill the protagonist of the first volumes but falls in love with her instead. A sequel is Revelations. New York: Tor Teen, 2013, in which the girl struggles to adjust to living on the surface. The third volume is Rebellion. New York: Tor Teen, 2016 in which the girl and her friends intend to kidnap her mother and exile her to the surface. The ending suggests that a further volume is possible. Female author.

Author Note

Female author.

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