Genre
Story type
What it is about
- Fugitives from justice
- Criminals
- Soldiers
- War
- Siblings
- Plague
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 12+
- Young Adult
About this book
In a future North America split into two nations, fifteen-year-old criminal Day and soldier June find they share an enemy. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Legend series.
Reading level: Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction (Penguin Random House).
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Wikidata genre · Penguin Random House
Books like this one
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Legend: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Hunger Games: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction literature" (WD genre)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Legend: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Angel Experiment: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Comics & graphic novels, east asian style, manga, science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Legend: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Uglies: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Comics & graphic novels, science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
- science fiction
What they share, at a glance
Legend next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Science fiction | Fugitives from justice |
|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games | shared | not shared |
| The Angel Experiment | shared | not shared |
| Uglies | shared | not shared |
| Cinder | shared | not shared |
| Scythe | shared | not shared |
| The Maze Runner | shared | not shared |
| Divergent | shared | not shared |
| The Martian | shared | not shared |
| Red Rising | shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | shared | not shared |
| The Power of Six | shared | shared |
| The Rise of Nine | shared | shared |
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Legend: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on November 29, 2011. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 305-page paperback from Speak. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780142422076 ... pbk. ... 305, 14 pages ... Speak
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