First published in hardback in the USA by HarperCollins Publishers Inc in 2013
First published in hardback and paperback in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2013
This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2016
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Copyright © 2013 by Veronica Roth.
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Source ISBN: 9780007444113
Ebook Edition August ISBN: 9780007444120
Version: 2016-08-26
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To Jo,
who guides and steadies me
Every question that can be answered must be
answered or at least engaged.
Illogical thought processes must be
challenged when they arise.
Wrong answers must be corrected.
Correct answers must be affirmed.
—From the Erudite faction manifesto
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