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his second title in the Delirium trilogy can be read as a stand-alone, but it also follows Oliver’s young heroine, Lena Haloway, after she flees her dystopian society where love is forbidden and everyone has to undergo "the Cure" when they turn 18. Lena has reached safety with the Invalids (those who have rejected the Cure) in outlying forests, and she joins them to try to help overthrow the DFA, or Deliria-Free America. But a set of anarchists – the Scavengers – kidnap the DFA founder’s son, Julian, at a rally, and Lena is caught up in a huge conspiracy. In the same mode as Suzanne Collins in her Hunger Games trilogy, Oliver, too, posits a feisty, physically able heroine, giving as good as she gets, in a fast-paced YA thriller: This trend is a welcome one. — The Independent
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