The book I read is called Legend, by Marie Lu. The book is set in a dystopian Los Angeles, in a country divided into two warring parties : the Republic and the Colonies. The main characters are Daniel “Day” Altan Wing and June Iparis, two teenagers at the time. Day was born in the slums of Los Angeles, while June was born in the wealthy sector. The book begins with Day watching his family (except for his older brother, John, his family does not know he is alive) while their house is checked by inspectors for the plague. It turns out that her younger brother, Eden, has the plague, and Day sets off to steal a cure for Eden. He succeeds in obtaining a cure, but June's older brother, Metias, finds Day when he jumps out of a window and escapes. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get the original essay Soon after, Metias's friend Thomas shows up at June's door and tells her that her brother is dead. June is devastated by this news and makes it her mission to find Day and make sure he suffers. She starts in the slums, undercover, and comes across a boy who later turns out to be Day. She captures him during a confrontation at Day's house after her mother is shot by Thomas. June begins to uncover the truth about what Metias was searching for before he was killed, and about the Republic in general. She questions Day and discovers that Thomas actually killed Metias (because he was discovering things he shouldn't know). When June gets home that evening, she looks at Day's trial score. The Trial is a test that citizens of the Republic take at the age of ten to see what job they will get. Slum dwellers generally score low and those in wealthy areas typically score high. There is only one student who got a perfect score on the test: June. If you score below 800, you are sent to labor camps to work, which is later revealed by Day to simply be scientists experimenting, trying to figure out why a child of ten is inferior to another of ten years. For example. When June looks at Day's score, she realizes that he got the same score as her, 1500. She's not the only prodigy. Researching more about Day, she discovers that the government covered up Day's perfect score because of his rebellious nature, after they took him to a labor camp (where it turns out children are sent to be killed ). They experimented on Day to see why and how he was superior to others. In the end, June helps Day escape his execution as she realizes that he is innocent of her brother's murder. However, Day's brother John dies in the process. Day and June launch a search on the war front to find her younger brother, Eden. A theme I took away from the book was to keep seeking the truth because you may not get the whole truth when given information. Keep in mind: this is just a sample. Get a personalized article from our expert writers now. Some things I liked about this book were that June and Day seemed opposites in terms of personality, but they both wanted to protect those they loved. It was interesting to see the lies that the people in power told their citizens, just to keep the government in control. I didn't like the amount of murder in the book. For example, Thomas shot Day's mother in cold blood, just to get him out of hiding. The government also spread the plague to. (2014)..