Renegades

Renegades is a 2017 superhero-themed novel by Marissa Meyer, the first in the Renegades trilogy. Renegades tells the story of Nova Artino, a teenage girl with the power to put people to sleep. She masquerades as a superhero—a Renegade—while trying to help the villains, or Anarchists, return to power. She is motivated to avenge her family, whose deaths she blames on the Renegades’ failure to save them. Throughout the novel, she befriends Adrian Everhart, the son of the Renegade leaders, and they both struggle to navigate the moral complexities of life as superhumans with multiple identities. The novel became a number-two New York Times bestseller within two weeks of its release and has maintained its popularity ever since. It was followed by Archenemies in 2018 and Supernova in 2019. 

In addition to dabbling in superhero narratives, Marissa Meyer is also known for retelling fairy tales, as in her series Lunar Chronicles, which places classic princess figures like Cinderella and Snow White in a science fiction universe. Meyer attributes her writing success to her love of the fairy tale and superhero genres. 

This study guide refers to the 2017 Feiwel and Friends hardback.

Content Warning: Both the source material and this guide feature depictions of violence, including violence and abuse toward children.