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Ringer by Lauren Oliver

Ringer

Lauren Oliver

HarperCollins · Paperback · September 11, 2018

With its gripping companion novel, Replica, this remarkable novel by the author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy asks how to be a human being, in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted.

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Who it’s for
A speculative continuation pairs questions of personhood with danger closing in from several directions.
Themes
Humanity and identity, Illness and the search for a cure, Family control
Pacing
Mixed

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With its gripping companion novel, Replica, this remarkable novel by the author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy asks how to be a human being, in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside of the Haven Institute, the replicas Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human—and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse.

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But in trying to find a cure, they uncover a shocking connection to their past, even as their future seems in danger of collapsing. Gemma just wants to go back to her normal life after Haven. But soon, she learns that her powerful father has other plans for the replicas—unless she and her boyfriend Pete can stop him. Bestselling author Lauren Oliver brings the Replica duology to a shocking close in Ringer. Like Gemma and Lyra, you won’t be able to leave the world of Haven behind after you’ve turned the last page.

Humanity Under Pressure

A speculative continuation pairs questions of personhood with danger closing in from several directions.

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  • Questions about what makes someone human
  • Linked struggles over illness, identity, and the future

Expect

  • Tension rooted in Haven’s lingering consequences
  • A companion novel that brings the duology to a close

Where it sits

YA Dystopian Fiction68%
YA Science Fiction52%
YA Sci-Fi Romance43%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Dystopian Fiction
  • YA Stories About Parents
  • YA Sibling Stories
  • YA Blended Family Stories
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  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • Literary YA
  • Nature Stories for Teens
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Authors
Lauren Oliver
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 11, 2018
Format
Paperback
Theme
Humanity and identity · Illness and the search for a cure · Family control
Reading lane
YA Dystopian Fiction