Kyra loved her family; her father, her 3 mothers and her 19 siblings, but she also knew something wasn't quite right. People would laugh at them when they went to town, the Prophet has burned all the books and newspapers in the compound and she has been promised to her sixty-year-old uncle. When Kyra falls in love with another young man in the compound she begins to questions how her family lives and decides she must make a choice. This book is really hard to read because you know that Kyra loves her family and her life, but the mentality of the cult is so hard to accept. There is some physical and mental abuse, but the story is well-written and I think appropriate for young adult audience. The Chosen One was a 2011-12 Gateway nominee, which is for high school students.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams/213 pages
Kyra loved her family; her father, her 3 mothers and her 19 siblings, but she also knew something wasn't quite right. People would laugh at them when they went to town, the Prophet has burned all the books and newspapers in the compound and she has been promised to her sixty-year-old uncle. When Kyra falls in love with another young man in the compound she begins to questions how her family lives and decides she must make a choice. This book is really hard to read because you know that Kyra loves her family and her life, but the mentality of the cult is so hard to accept. There is some physical and mental abuse, but the story is well-written and I think appropriate for young adult audience. The Chosen One was a 2011-12 Gateway nominee, which is for high school students.
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