Champion by Marie Lu

      Champion by Marie Lu is the sequel to her book prodigy, which might be the final book for the Legend series. So far, this book leaves to an amazing ending, but the plot/conflict within this book surprises me. In the book Champion, it is an intense story, still with the two teenagers June and Day living in a dark world where America has been split about into two separate unions, the patriots, and the republics. June and Day live in the republic and the other side of America is called the patriots, however, they are constantly at war. However, in Champion, they soon learn that there is far more than just a war, but genocide. A new disease or plague that was made by the republic has suddenly been released and has been infecting innocent pedestrians. This book has showed me how war and genocide towards the innocence can badly affect someones ranking/placement within a certain place.
     One of the reasons why this books makes me feel sympathetic is because this book shows the elector (president in other words) losing his "fame and popularity" because of this plague that has been released. Recently, he just took his fathers place in being elector and gave a speech in being peaceful. However, ever since this plague has been released, people have started rebellions and protest against his place in being the elector of America. The story mentions the fact that he almost lost his place in being elector in the first place, even though his father was a good leader. This illustrates the fact that high class people are affected by war and genocide and it makes the situation almost unavoidable when you have so much power over the people that surround you. Furthermore, within June and Day, over the past books, they have become America's most wanted, but because of this plague, their presents is not as important then before, which also proves my point in how war and genocide changed peoples view of others.
     In conclusion, war and genocide are two things that everyone wants to avoid, but if it is done by accident, it can really affect someones position, and it can be more than one persons class. This book champion shows a good gist of what war and genocide can cause to people and that is one of the most important things that I absolutely enjoy about this book and the series in general.