SOLVED. YA Dystopia novel. Society is segregated into rankings that are represented by various colours. Children/ teen protagonists. Cover: burgundy/ brown, circular detail in the middle possibly an emblem. Read before. [s]

[Nyanekos]

The genre may not be dystopia and may be fantasy but what I know for definite is there was a scene wherein the lowest level of their society was living practically in the mud and there was descriptions of them going into it. I dont believe there was more than 5 children protagonists and that the societys rankings were represented by various colours. I believe it was part of a trilogy or series but I did not read the others.. Before 2013 because I read this in high school on loan so memory is very foggy sorry, the cover was definitely burgandy/brown and had a circular thing either a emblem or ringlet or something in the middle. Thank you and sorry for inconvenience.

[Angela]

Ok, so the cover is not what you describe but Red Rising by Pierce Brown kind of fits the description. It's a series, it's dystopian. Societal rankings by color, etc.

[Willow Anne]

Is it The Darkest Minds maybe?

[Willow Anne]

Also it doesn't sound like this is it, but im just gonna throw Divergent out there just in case :)

[Liz]

How about Flawed

I remember the family wearing similar colors in it.

[Ariane]

By the book cover description it could be Legend. It is a trilogy if I am not mistaken.

[Rainbowheart]

Might want to check the Color-Coded Clothing list.

[Sue]

Perhaps The Windsinger by William Nicholson?

This cover seems to fit your description, and from what I remember, there is colour coded clothing.

[Melanie]

Branded? here is the older covers

[KeenReader]

Could it be Shades of Grey?

[[deleted user]]

Sue wrote: "Perhaps The Windsinger by William Nicholson?

This cover seems to fit your description, and from what I remember, there is colour coded clothing."

I think it is The Wind Singer. It matches in several ways. It’s the first book in a dystopian fantasy trilogy. Society is split into levels which are colours - grey, orange, maroon, etc. The lowest group are the mud people who live in the Underlake - the 3 MCs (all children) go down to the Underlake, get stuck in the mud and have to be rescued.

[Rainbowheart]

The Wind Singer is one of our more popular requests!

[Nyanekos]

deleted user wrote: "Sue wrote: "Perhaps The Windsinger by William Nicholson?

This cover seems to fit your description, and from what I remember, there is colour coded clothing."
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[Ava]

I don’t know if this is right but Divergent sounds pretty similar and might be a good read for you!