Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling novel Delirium?the first in a dystopian
trilogy?presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo &
Juliet. In an alternate United States love has been declared a dangerous disease and the
government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living
with her aunt uncle and cousins in Portland Maine Lena Haloway is very much looking forward
to being cured and living a safe predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and
isn't about to make the same mistakes. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment Lena
meets enigmatic Alex a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government's radar. What will
happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love? Delirium received starred reviews from
Kirkus and School Library Journal and was named a Best Book of the Year by USA Today Kirkus
Amazon.com YALSA and the Chicago Public Library and was selected as one of NPR's Top 100 Best
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