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 during this time. Day was born in the slums of Los Angeles, while June was born in the wealthy sector. The book begins with Day checking on his family (with the exception of his older brother, John, his family does not know he is alive) while their house is being checked by plague inspectors. His younger brother, Eden, is revealed to have the plague and Day goes off to steal a cure for Eden. He successfully gets 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 Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Soon after, Metias' friend Thomas shows up at June's door and tells her that her brother is dead. June is devastated by this news and decides to find Day and make sure he suffers. He starts in the slum neighborhood, undercover, and runs into a boy who later turns out to be Day. He captures him during a showdown at Day's house after his mother is killed by Thomas. June begins to uncover the truth about what Metias was investigating before he was killed and about the Republic in general. He interrogates Day and learns that Thomas actually killed Metias (because he was finding out things he shouldn't have known). When June returns home that night, she looks up Day's trial score. The Trial is a test that citizens of the Republic take at age ten, to see what job they will get. People from slums usually score low while people from rich sectors usually score high. There is only one perfect test score student on record: June. If you score below 800, you are sent to labor camps to work, which is later revealed by Day to just be scientists experimenting, trying to figure out why one ten year old is inferior to another ten year old , For example. When June checks Day's score, she realizes that he got the same score as her, 1500. She's not the only prodigy. Doing further research on Day, he discovers that the government hid Day's perfect score due to his rebellious nature, after they took him to a labor camp (where, apparently, children are sent to be killed). They experimented with Day to see why and how he was superior to the others. Ultimately, June helps Day escape his execution because she realizes that he is innocent of his brother's murder. However, Day's brother John dies in the process. Day and June begin a warfront search to find her younger brother, Eden. A theme I took away from the book was to keep searching for the truth, because you may not get the whole truth when you are given the information. Please note: this is just an example. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now. Get a Custom Essay Some things I liked about this book were that June and Day seemed opposite in terms of personality, but they both wanted to protect those they loved. It was interesting to see the lies that people in power told their citizens, just so the government could maintain control. I didn't like how many murders there were in the book. For example, Thomas shot Day's mother in cold blood, only to have him come out of hiding. The government was also spreading the plague among its citizens so they could use it as a biological weapon for war, but first they had to see. (2014)..