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    Hana
    Hana
    Hana
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    Hana

    By Lauren Oliver

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    Lauren Oliver's riveting, original digital story set in the world of her New York Times bestseller Delirium.

    The summer before they're supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music, dancing—and even her first kiss.

    But on the surface, Hana must be a model of perfect behavior. She meets her approved match, Fred Hargrove, and glimpses the safe, comfortable life she’ll have with him once they marry. As the date for her cure draws ever closer, Hana desperately misses Lena, wonders how it feels to truly be in love, and is simultaneously terrified of rebelling and of falling into line.

    In this digital story that will appeal to fans of Delirium and welcome new admirers to its world, readers will come to understand scenes from Delirium through Hana's perspective. Hana is a touching and revealing look at a life-changing and tumultuous summer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 10, 2000
    ISBN9780062124364
    Hana
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    Lauren Oliver

    Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the President of Production. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by Awesomeness Films. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films that year. Oliver is a 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House series, co-written with H.C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms. Oliver co-founded Glasstown Entertainment with poet and author Lexa Hillyer. Since 2010, the company has developed and sold more than fifty-five novels for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers. Some of its recent titles include the New York Times bestseller Everless, by Sara Holland; the critically acclaimed Bonfire, authored by the actress Krysten Ritter; and The Hunger by Alma Katsu, which received multiple starred reviews and was praised by Stephen King as “disturbing, hard to put down” and “not recommended…after dark.” Oliver is a narrative consultant for Illumination Entertainment and is writing features and TV shows for a number of production companies and studios. Oliver received an academic scholarship to the University of Chicago, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University. www.laurenoliverbooks.com.

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    • 4/5
      Good book!
    • 5/5
      Nice read from Hannah's perspective. Since it parallels most of the main events from "Delirium" it fits best if it's read in between "Delirium" and "Pandemonium"
    • 3/5
      A short story, really, five chapters that cover parts of Delirium, but told from Lena's best friend Hana's point of view. It's interesting to have another insight into the world Oliver created, but I was surprised to find Hana wasn't as likable as Lena, especially because Lena looks up to her so much in Delirium. I didn't think there was too much to this story, but the end… oh, the end throws a wrench and changes everything.
    • 5/5
      Some of the events from Delirium, as told from Hana's point of view. Nicely done. Now I'm really looking forward to the next book.
    • 4/5
      3.5 starsThis is a short story in the Delirium series. Hana is coming up to the time she will be “cured” – that is, she will not be able to love. In the months leading up to that time, however, she has discovered an underground of young people who have not yet been cured. They party, dance, and love before they will no longer be able to. This was good. Very short, but a quick capture of one of the characters in the series. I have read the first in the series and there are more short stories following different characters, as well as at least two more full-length books in the series.
    • 5/5
      Amazing, although it doesn't grip you as much as Delirium. It's brilliant to see things from Hana's perspective.
      I enjoyed it a lot, read it in one sitting, and would definitely recommend this series.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed reading this installment and hearing the events from Hana's point of view. It was interesting that there was a sort of role reversal between she and Lena. I thought this book was short but effective. Anxiously awaiting the release of Requiem. I'm hoping that we haven't heard the last of Hana
    • 3/5
      I really liked Hana's character in Delirium and wanted to find out more of her side of the story.
    • 4/5
      Reading chronologically, this book would take place in the middle of book one, so I read it after. I had a sneaking suspicion about Hana, but I was sad to have it proven right. The book was short, of course, being a novella so I wish we'd had more information. Specifically, I wish we'd been able to see how Hana felt after her actions and after she saw the consequences of those actions. I always love getting another character's perspective though, and I hope we get to see Hana again as the series unfolds.
    • 5/5
      After Lena and Hana have their evaluations and get matched, they start to grow apart and their relationship starts to deteriorate. In Hana's story, we get to see what Hana went through in Delirium. Hana is a lot more outgoing, vibrant and free-spirited than Lena. She has been having her doubts about the cure and what is expected from her. Hana's life isn't as perfect as Lena made it out to be. Just because someone is more privileged, it doesn't mean that they don't have the same worries or dreams. Hana and another school friend decide to check out these underground parties. She loves music. And, she meets a boy. Does he love her? Has she been infected? Does she love him? Will it be worth to lose herself in the disease?I really liked being able to see what Hana went through while Lena was spending time with Alex and trying to figure things out for herself. It was great to see that Hana wasn't as perfect as everyone thought she was. Hana should be read after Delirium. There is a lot that I wouldn't have understood if I read it prior to it.
    • 3/5
      I really enjoyed getting to see the events of Delirium from Hana's perspective. This also helped explain why certain events in Delirium happened. I would recommend reading this after you have read Delirium and before you have read Pandemonium.
    • 3/5
      This was ok for a quick read but in my opinion it isn't worth the $2.99 its currently selling for. This should be a free or $.99 piece. It is a very short story taken from the world of Delrium and told from the perspective of Hana, a friend of Lena from the main series. I think Lena and Hana's experiences are too similar and their 'voices' too much alike, to have made this short story necessary. The good news is that it was fairly entertaining, filling in some blank scenes from the first novel. This doesn't add too much to the series overall so in last you are just crazy about this series, its ok to skip and you won't be out of the loop for the next books. It did make me eager to read the next full length book.
    • 3/5
      We learn Hana’s side of what happened during the time period in Delirium. She is rebelling while Lana tries to play by the rules. There’s an interesting twist at the end, but overall I would have been more interested to know what happened to Hana after Lana escaped to the Wilds. The story fills in a few holes in Delirium, but it’s lacking in too many ways.
    • 3/5
      So after reading Pandemonium I immediately wanted to start Requiem which still has another year till its release. I settled for reading Hana.Hana was a fascinating character in Delirium. She is Lena's super beautiful and super popular best friend. They don't seem to have much in common on the surface, but they're actually inseparable. I really hoped she would show up again in Pandemonium, but she was only mentioned once in awhile. Half of Requiem will be told from her point of view. If it's anything like Hana then I'm not too excited about it.When I started this I expected a short, powerful story about defying the rules and discovering your true self. But most of it was just pieces from Delirium rewritten from Hana's POV. It read a lot like Lena's voice which made me feel like I was just getting a recap of Delirium. I expected this to be totally different from Delirium because Hana's personality is more fun and carefree than Lena's. I expected that to be reflected in the way the story was told, but their voices were way too similar.The only reason this isn't getting a lower rating was the little bit at the end that was revealed. That is going to throw the whole story off in Requiem. I did not expect that at all. It really does not seem like something Hana would do.With more time and editing this could have been a fabulous short story. Or it could have turned into a spin-off series and Hana would have her own book. She is a character with a lot of depth and there are so many things that could be done with this short story. Talk more about her fiance, her introduction to secret parties, the change in her relationship with Lena. So many things could have been explained further. This could have turned into a little novella.If you loved Delirium and Pandemonium then read this. You don't miss out on much if you decide you don't want to read it.
    • 2/5
      This short ebook story is a companion to Lauren Oliver's novel, "Delirium," telling a part of the story from the viewpoint of Hana, Lena's best friend. Although it's mildly entertaining to re-read the story from a new perspective this story relies on a knowledge of the original novel, and doesn't add a whole lot of new information, either -- with the exception of the final sentence -- so it's neither a stand-alone story nor a continuation nor an addition... just kind of a redo, and not particularly necessary, in my opinion.
    • 4/5
      Hana takes you on an emotional rollercoaster ride into her most intimate thoughts – Back into the world of Deliria, where love is a disease, I couldn’t stop reading! I devoured this book.Rewind back a little bit, I stopped reading Delirium about halfway through because I wasn’t really into it. The pacing and plot fell flat for me. I started Hana, to somehow get me interested in Delirium, I’ve always admired Lauren’s beautiful writing style. I’m so happy to say, I totally have a different opinion about Delirium now and looking forward to getting back into it!I have to thank Hana. I wouldn’t have given Delirium a second chance it wasn’t for her. I really liked her in Delirium; from the ending in Hana, I wouldn’t have thought she would have given up so quickly. Her internal struggles with going along with the cure or rebelling against it made her a complex character. I’m glad Oliver gave us a chance to see what was going on in Hana’s head and giving us her reasons why she made the decision she made. I don’t think Hana was the overly jealous bestie everyone thinks she is. I truly believe she was trying to look out for Lena. With whatever emotions she had with that one guy (Steve?) I think he hurt her more than she lets on. To a point where she doesn’t believe in love anymore and she wants to save Lena from the pain that comes with Deliria. Hopefully we’ll get to explore that in the next book.Hana definitely has the shock factor! I’m curious as to how fans of the Delirium series think of her now?
    • 4/5
      This book is by my current favorite YA author, Lauren Oliver. Her book Before I fall and her Delirium series (particularly the recently released Pandemonium) rank among my favorite books of all time. I think because of this, I have the highest expectations of her work.This installment is in the Delirium-verse and is in the viewpoint of one of Delirium's most interesting characters, Hana. We get to see the story of Delirium from her eyes and her experiences when she is not in Lena's company. Lauren Oliver's prose is still beautiful. She has a way with words that makes me catch my breath after each paragraph. However, this story left me very disappointed. I think it is because to me, this is not the story that I was most interested in hearing. I did not really care to hear about Hana's perspective of the events in Delirium-- there were no surprises... Lena has pretty much deduced most of these events. There is a surprise ending and while it was a shocker, it just raised more questions.How did Hana get to this place? We aren't guided there, there is just two pages of reflection at the end that don't lead up to this event. And what I'm interested in, is what takes place after this twist. How does this change Hana? Does she ever get the operation? What is her life like after Lena leaves? That's the story I wanted.That said, I am incredibly excited to see the final installment of this trilogy.
    • 4/5
      I adored Hana, Lena's best friend, and her vivaciousness in Delirium, so I was excited that she would be getting her own story. Hana takes place during the time of Delirium but now we're seeing the story through Hana's eyes. I was bummed that the fun-loving girl we knew from Delirium is gone, but considering the events that take place in Hana, it is understandable. The best part of Hana is the best part of any Lauren Oliver read, in my opinion: the writing, which was lovely and powerful, just like it always is.Would I say that Hana is a must read? Well, no. I don't think it's critical in the overall series as for the most part, it is just a rehash of some of the events that took place in Delirium from a different point of view. However, there was one very significant reveal right at the end of Hana - a true OMG moment - but I can't say I liked it. SPOILER (DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ HANA YET): I find it difficult to believe Hana would rat out Lena to the regulators for such an immature reason. I needed more development and explanation in this instance. I hope we will get this explanation in Pandemonium or Requiem.

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    Hana - Lauren Oliver

    hana

    LAUREN OLIVER

    Contents

    Chapter One

    Chapter Two

    Chapter Three

    Chapter Four

    Chapter Five

    Excerpt from Pandemonium

    Now

    Then

    Back Ad

    About the Author

    Books by Lauren Oliver

    Credits

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

    Chapter One

    When I was a little kid, my favorite thing about winter was sledding. Every time it snowed, I would convince Lena to meet me at the bottom of Coronet Hill, just west of Back Cove, and together we would trek through soft mounds of new powder, our breath coming in clouds, our plastic sleds sliding soundlessly behind us while hanging icicles refracted the sunlight and turned the world new and dazzling.

    From the top of the hill, we could see all the way past the smudgy line of low brick buildings huddled together by the wharves and across the bay to the white-capped islands just off the coast—Little Diamond Island; Peaks Island, with its stiff-necked guard tower—past the massive patrol boats that trudged through the sleet-gray water on their way to other ports; all the way to open ocean, distant flashes of it winking and dancing close to the horizon.

    Today I’m going to go to China! I’d trumpet out into the quiet.

    And Lena would go as pale as the snow clinging to her faded jacket and say, Shhh, Hana. Someone will hear you. We weren’t supposed to talk about other countries, or even know their names. All these distant, diseased places were as good as lost to history—they had imploded, turned chaotic and riotous, ruined by amor deliria nervosa.

    I had a secret map, though, which I kept underneath my mattress; it had been stuffed in with a few books I had inherited from my grandfather when he died. The regulators had gone through his possessions to make sure there was nothing forbidden among them, but they must have missed it: folded up and wedged inside a thick nursery-school primer, a beginner’s guide to The Book of Shhh, was a map that must have been circulated in the time Before. It showed no border wall around the United States, and it featured other countries too: more countries than I had ever imagined, a vast world of damaged, broken places.

    China! I would say, just to bug her, and to show her I wasn’t afraid of being overheard, by the regulators or patrols or anyone else. Besides, we were all alone. We were always all alone at Coronet Hill. It was very steep, and situated close to the border and to Killians’ House, which was supposedly haunted by the ghosts of a diseased couple who had been condemned to death for resistance during the blitz. There were other, more popular sledding spots all over Portland. Or maybe France. I hear France is lovely at this time of year.

    Hana.

    I’m just kidding, Lena, I would say. I’d never go anywhere without you. And then I’d flop down onto my sled and push off, just like that, feeling a fine spray of snow on my face as I gathered speed, feeling the frigid bite of the rushing air, watching the trees turn to dark blurs on either side of me. Behind me, I could hear Lena shouting, but her voice was whipped away by the thundering of the wind and the whistling of the sled across the snow and the loose, breathless laughter that pushed itself out of my chest. Faster, faster, faster, heart pounding and throat raw, terrified and exhilarated: a sheet of white, an endless surf of snow rising up to meet me as the hill began to bottom out . . .

    Each time I made a wish: that I could take off into the air. I would be thrown from my sled and disappear into that bright, dazzling, blank tide, a crest of snow that would reach up and suction me into another world.

    But each time, instead, the sled would begin to slow. It would come bumping and crunching to a halt, and I would stand up, shaking the ice from my mittens and from the collar of my jacket, and turn around to watch Lena take her turn—slower, more cautiously, letting her feet drag behind her to slow her momentum.

    Strangely enough, this is what I dream about now, the summer before my cure, during the last summer that will ever be truly mine to enjoy. I dream about sledding. That’s what it’s like to barrel forward toward September, to speed toward the day when I will no longer be troubled by amor deliria nervosa.

    It is like being on a sled in the middle of a cutting wind. I am breathless and terrified; I will soon be engulfed by whiteness and suctioned into another world.

    Good-bye, Hana.

    Perfect. My mother dabs her mouth primly on her napkin and beams across the table at Mrs. Hargrove. Absolutely exquisite.

    Thank you, Mrs. Hargrove says, inclining her head graciously, as though she, and not her cook, has been the one to prepare the meal. My mom has a housekeeper who comes in three times a week, but I have never known a family with an actual staff. Mayor Hargrove and his family have real servants. They pass through the dining room, pouring water from sterling silver pitchers, refilling the bread plates, pouring out the wine.

    Didn’t you think so, Hana? My mother turns to me, widening her eyes so I can read the command in them.

    Absolutely perfect, I reply obediently. My mother narrows her eyes at me slightly, and I can tell she’s wondering whether I’m making fun of her. Perfect has been her favorite word this summer. Hana’s performance at the evaluations was perfect. Hana’s score was practically perfect. Hana was paired with Fred Hargrove—the mayor’s son! Isn’t that perfect? Especially since, well . . . There was that unfortunate situation with his first match . . . but everything always works out in the end. . . .

    Mediocre at best, Fred puts in casually.

    Mayor Hargrove nearly chokes on his water. Mrs. Hargrove gasps, Fred!

    Fred winks at me. I duck my head, hiding a smile.

    I’m kidding, Mom. It was delicious, as usual. But maybe Hana is tired of discussing the quality of the green beans?

    Are you tired, Hana? Mrs. Hargrove has apparently not understood that her son is joking. She turns her watery gaze to me. Now Fred is concealing a smile.

    Not at all, I say, trying to sound sincere. It is my first time

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