Fallen (2009 novel)
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Fallen is a 2009 young adult fantasy
novel written by Lauren Kate
. The novel revolves around a young girl named Lucinda Price "Luce" who is sent to Sword and Cross Reform School in Savannah, Georgia, after she is accused of murdering a boy by starting a fire. At the reform school, she meets Daniel, a handsome boy whom she feels inexplicably drawn to, and believes she has met before. The book revolves mostly around the love triangle between Luce, Daniel, and Cam, another boy enrolled at Sword and Cross.
Luce is the main protagonist of the novel. She has black hair and hazel eyes. She began seeing 'Shadows', amorphous, sinister apparitions, at a young age. As a child, she tells her parents about this phenomenon, troubling them, and causing them to take her to many psychiatrists and psychologists who put her on anti-psychotic drugs, which do not make the shadows abate. Years later, when she is off the pills and is attempting to fit in and act like a "normal" teenager, she is invited to a beach party where her boyfriend, Trevor, is caught in a fire in a cabin while she kisses him. Trevor dies, causing Luce to be transferred to a reform school called Sword and Cross. She is befriended almost immediately by Arriane, another student studying there, and soon makes friends with Pennyweather "Penn," Cam, and the librarian, Miss Sophia. She is also inexplicably drawn to Daniel Grigori, whom she believes that she recognizes from somewhere.
Daniel is a fallen angel - a heavenly being who chose, for a short time, to side with Lucifer at the beginning of time - and Luce’s main romantic interest. He is described as a handsome blond, with gray-violet eyes. He saves Luce from a falling statue of an angel in the cemetery adjoining the school. He feigns disinterest in Luce, trying to ignore her for her own "safety", but is drawn to her nonetheless.
Cam is the antagonist of the story and Luce’s other romantic interest. He is also a fallen angel. Cam is tall, has a pale complexion, and has black hair and green eyes. He has a tattoo of a sunburst on the back of his neck. He continuously tries to charm Luce, going to great lengths to capture her attention on numerous occasions. He is antagonistic towards Daniel and Arriane throughout the novel.
Arriane is a fallen angel like Cam and Daniel. She befriends Luce on Luce's first day at Sword and Cross, even defending her from Molly Zane, who takes an instant dislike to Luce and dumps her lunch tray on her head. This activates the tracking bracelet that Arriane wears, administrating an electric shock. She is a brunette like Luce and persuades her to cut her hair to match Luce's shorter style. She refers to herself as a psychopath and is possibly interested Roland.
One of Luce's friends. She is the adopted daughter of the headmaster and has brown hair and purple glasses. She is described as frumpy, unpopular, and has chronic allergies, but her friendship proves to be a great asset, as she has access and knowledge about Sword and Cross and shares her expertise with Luce. Penn's father used to be the grounds-keeper, but he died and was buried in the school's cemetery. She is injured while she and a small party are fleeing the battle, and later killed by Miss Sophia. Her name for 'Sword and Cross' is 'Whores and Jocks'.
Gabbe is also a fallen angel at the school. She is described as blonde and sophisticated, with a southern accent and a "Neutrogena type of beauty." Luce dislikes Gabbe because she believes that she is dating Daniel, though Gabbe is unerringly gracious towards her.
Roland, like the others, is a fallen angel. He is Daniel's friend at the school and has dreadlocks. He, like Cam and Molly, are considered "demons," fallen angels who side with Lucifer, which surprises Luce, as he gets on well with everyone at Sword and Cross, including the other fallen angels. He is able to smuggle anything into Sword and Cross.
Molly is another fallen angel who stayed mostly on Lucifer’s side. She has bleached hair and piercings all over her face. She is very aggressive and antagonistic towards Luce. She tries to warn Luce away from Daniel several times.
Miss Sophia is the school’s librarian. She appears to like Luce and Penn, considering them good students and approves of their interest in the library. She teaches the Religion and has very strong beliefs on the subject. It is later discovered that she is in fact one of the 24 Elders of Zhsmaelin, a radical heavenly sect. She is an elderly lady with black eyes and silver hair.
Randy is an attendant at Sword & Cross. She is described as being very masculine – even confusing Luce as to which gender she was.
Callie is Luce's best friend from in Dover Prep School, where she attended as a scholarship student before being sent to Sword and Cross. She and Luce are very close; she is described as hyper and a little paranoid, obsessed with boys and gossip.
Todd is a student who arrived at Sword and Cross at the same time that Luce did. He has brown hair, brown eyes and a spattering of freckles over his nose. He dies of a broken neck helping Luce out of a burning building.
Trevor never makes an appearance in Fallen. He was Luce's boyfriend, whom she sneaked off with during a summer party. While they were alone "shadows" started to circle above them, and as soon as they kissed flames erupted and caused his death. Luce survived but was blamed and therefore sent to Sword and Cross.
Throughout her short time at Sword & Cross, Luce must choose between finding out the truth that Daniel, Cam, Arriane and a whole bunch of others are hiding, or fighting for the love that she has felt ever since she saw Daniel.
, was released on June 14, 2011. Lauren Kate also announced that her fourth book, Rapture, would be released in Spring 2012.
A Fallen movie is in talks and Walt Disney Studios
has optioned the rights to Fallen. Since the Fallen series is a four part series, Disney made sure that they obtained rights to all four of the books in the deal. Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray will produce the movie.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
novel written by Lauren Kate
Lauren Kate
Lauren Kate is an internationally bestselling author of young adult fiction. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and include The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove and Fallen, which reached #3 on The New York Times Best Seller List for children's chapter books on January 8, 2010...
. The novel revolves around a young girl named Lucinda Price "Luce" who is sent to Sword and Cross Reform School in Savannah, Georgia, after she is accused of murdering a boy by starting a fire. At the reform school, she meets Daniel, a handsome boy whom she feels inexplicably drawn to, and believes she has met before. The book revolves mostly around the love triangle between Luce, Daniel, and Cam, another boy enrolled at Sword and Cross.
Characters
- Lucinda 'Luce' Price
Luce is the main protagonist of the novel. She has black hair and hazel eyes. She began seeing 'Shadows', amorphous, sinister apparitions, at a young age. As a child, she tells her parents about this phenomenon, troubling them, and causing them to take her to many psychiatrists and psychologists who put her on anti-psychotic drugs, which do not make the shadows abate. Years later, when she is off the pills and is attempting to fit in and act like a "normal" teenager, she is invited to a beach party where her boyfriend, Trevor, is caught in a fire in a cabin while she kisses him. Trevor dies, causing Luce to be transferred to a reform school called Sword and Cross. She is befriended almost immediately by Arriane, another student studying there, and soon makes friends with Pennyweather "Penn," Cam, and the librarian, Miss Sophia. She is also inexplicably drawn to Daniel Grigori, whom she believes that she recognizes from somewhere.
- Daniel Grigori
Daniel is a fallen angel - a heavenly being who chose, for a short time, to side with Lucifer at the beginning of time - and Luce’s main romantic interest. He is described as a handsome blond, with gray-violet eyes. He saves Luce from a falling statue of an angel in the cemetery adjoining the school. He feigns disinterest in Luce, trying to ignore her for her own "safety", but is drawn to her nonetheless.
- Cameron 'Cam' Briel
Cam is the antagonist of the story and Luce’s other romantic interest. He is also a fallen angel. Cam is tall, has a pale complexion, and has black hair and green eyes. He has a tattoo of a sunburst on the back of his neck. He continuously tries to charm Luce, going to great lengths to capture her attention on numerous occasions. He is antagonistic towards Daniel and Arriane throughout the novel.
- Arriane Alter
Arriane is a fallen angel like Cam and Daniel. She befriends Luce on Luce's first day at Sword and Cross, even defending her from Molly Zane, who takes an instant dislike to Luce and dumps her lunch tray on her head. This activates the tracking bracelet that Arriane wears, administrating an electric shock. She is a brunette like Luce and persuades her to cut her hair to match Luce's shorter style. She refers to herself as a psychopath and is possibly interested Roland.
- Pennyweather ‘Penn’ Van Syckle-Lockwood
One of Luce's friends. She is the adopted daughter of the headmaster and has brown hair and purple glasses. She is described as frumpy, unpopular, and has chronic allergies, but her friendship proves to be a great asset, as she has access and knowledge about Sword and Cross and shares her expertise with Luce. Penn's father used to be the grounds-keeper, but he died and was buried in the school's cemetery. She is injured while she and a small party are fleeing the battle, and later killed by Miss Sophia. Her name for 'Sword and Cross' is 'Whores and Jocks'.
- Gabrielle 'Gabbe' Givens
Gabbe is also a fallen angel at the school. She is described as blonde and sophisticated, with a southern accent and a "Neutrogena type of beauty." Luce dislikes Gabbe because she believes that she is dating Daniel, though Gabbe is unerringly gracious towards her.
- Roland Sparks
Roland, like the others, is a fallen angel. He is Daniel's friend at the school and has dreadlocks. He, like Cam and Molly, are considered "demons," fallen angels who side with Lucifer, which surprises Luce, as he gets on well with everyone at Sword and Cross, including the other fallen angels. He is able to smuggle anything into Sword and Cross.
- Mary Margaret 'Molly' Zane
Molly is another fallen angel who stayed mostly on Lucifer’s side. She has bleached hair and piercings all over her face. She is very aggressive and antagonistic towards Luce. She tries to warn Luce away from Daniel several times.
- Miss Sophia
Miss Sophia is the school’s librarian. She appears to like Luce and Penn, considering them good students and approves of their interest in the library. She teaches the Religion and has very strong beliefs on the subject. It is later discovered that she is in fact one of the 24 Elders of Zhsmaelin, a radical heavenly sect. She is an elderly lady with black eyes and silver hair.
- Randy
Randy is an attendant at Sword & Cross. She is described as being very masculine – even confusing Luce as to which gender she was.
- Callie
Callie is Luce's best friend from in Dover Prep School, where she attended as a scholarship student before being sent to Sword and Cross. She and Luce are very close; she is described as hyper and a little paranoid, obsessed with boys and gossip.
- Todd Hammond
Todd is a student who arrived at Sword and Cross at the same time that Luce did. He has brown hair, brown eyes and a spattering of freckles over his nose. He dies of a broken neck helping Luce out of a burning building.
- Trevor
Trevor never makes an appearance in Fallen. He was Luce's boyfriend, whom she sneaked off with during a summer party. While they were alone "shadows" started to circle above them, and as soon as they kissed flames erupted and caused his death. Luce survived but was blamed and therefore sent to Sword and Cross.
Plot Summary
Lucinda 'Luce' Price is a seventeen year old girl from Georgia. She previously attended a private school in New Hampshire before the court ordered her to be relocated to a boarding school for "troubled" youth, after an incident left her alive and a boy dead. When she first enters Sword & Cross, she realizes how much her life will change. There are cameras watching her every move and there is a strict rule regarding cell phones. On her first day, she meets Arriane Alter, an excitable and enigmatic girl who immediately takes a liking to Luce. She shows her fondness by asking Luce to cut her hair just like Luce's, much to Luce's dismay for she does not want to mess her hair up. Also on her first day at Sword & Cross, Luce finds herself meeting the handsome Cam Briel and being drawn to the fascinating Daniel Grigori, who seems to have mixed feelings for her when he smiles and then flips her off. During the first day, she also meets Penn, the daughter of the now deceased undertaker. Luce also makes enemies with Molly, an angry girl with multiple facial piercings.Throughout her short time at Sword & Cross, Luce must choose between finding out the truth that Daniel, Cam, Arriane and a whole bunch of others are hiding, or fighting for the love that she has felt ever since she saw Daniel.
Reception
On 27 December 2009, Fallen was named number five on the New York Times best seller list.Sequels and film rights
The series is scheduled to be four books long. The first sequel, Torment, was released on September 28, 2010. The third book, PassionPassion (novel)
Passion is a 2011 young adult fantasy novel from the Fallen series written by Lauren Kate. Passion, the sequel to Torment, continues the story of Lucinda Price who, at the end of the previous book, decides to find out more about her past lives by stepping through an Announcer, ignoring Daniel's...
, was released on June 14, 2011. Lauren Kate also announced that her fourth book, Rapture, would be released in Spring 2012.
A Fallen movie is in talks and Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney Studios
The name Walt Disney Studios may refer to:* The Walt Disney Company, especially its Studio Entertainment unit, which includes Disney's motion picture studios, music labels, theatrical production company, and distribution companies...
has optioned the rights to Fallen. Since the Fallen series is a four part series, Disney made sure that they obtained rights to all four of the books in the deal. Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray will produce the movie.