The Chosen One
Williams, Carol Lynch
Lamia, Jenna (NRT)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated polygamous community without questioning her fathers three wives and her twenty brothers and sisters. Or at least without questioning them muchif you dont count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that Kyra must marry her 60-year-old unclewho already has six wivesKyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family.
AUTHOR BIO
CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS, a four-time winner of the Utah Original Writing Competition and winner of Nebraskas Golden Sower Award, grew up in Florida but now lives in Utah with her husband and seven children. She has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and helped develop the conference on Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers at Brigham Young University.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Jenna Lamia strikes just the right note between innocence and a growing sense of rebellion in her characterization of Kyra..."--Kirkus Reviews "Jenna Lamia...does a pitch-perfect version of Kyra."--Kidlit.com Advance praise for the book: this is a heart pounder, and readers will be held, especially as the danger escalates. Williams portrayals of the family are sharp, but whats most interesting about this book is how the yearnings and fears of a character so far from what most YAs know will still seem familiar and close. --Booklist The Chosen One makes the heart race, the teeth grind, and the brow bead up in sweat. Carol Lynch Williams presents a first-person narrative that gallops just behind--or perhaps in advance of--contemporary headlines about the manipulation of the innocent. I could choose no other book or newspaper until I had finished the final page." --Gregory Maguire, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked and A Lion Among Men "A powerful and heartbreaking novel of love and hope. One girl's poignant journey as she struggles to find herself and, ultimately, the truth." --Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries and Airhead The Chosen One is absolutely riveting and perfectly formed. I had planned to read just a few pages one evening before bed, and I ended up staying awake until four in the morning to finish it! Its a wonderful book. --Cynthia Kadohata, winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal for Kira-Kira In this extraordinary story, Carol Lynch Williams probes the deepest wells of the heart. Against the intertwining prism of faith and love she gives us Kyra, a young woman who meets head-on the power of both to simultaneously buoy and corrupt the human spirit. The Chosen One is brave, its plumb is true, it's a masterpiece." --Kathi Appelt, author of The Underneath, Finalist for the 2008 National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature "Carol Lynch Williams chilling novel of life in a polygamous sect is both harrowing in its unsparing realism and hopeful in its reaffirmation of the power that books and reading have to change and redeem lives at risk. An important book, sure to provoke spirited discussion." --Michael Cart, Booklist columnist and former president, Young Adult Library Services Association Powerful and unforgettable, The Chosen One will break your heart because its story is all too real. --David Ebershoff, the New York Times bestselling author of The 19th Wife Truly thought provoking, heartfelt and just a plain old good read about a culture and religion that we know very little about these days except through the media. --An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, winner of the 2002 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature An unsettling and courageous story about one girl who sacrifices everything familiar in her search for freedom--physical freedom and, more importantly, freedom of the heart and mind. Though the book is chilling from page one, Carol Lynch Williams' economic and poetic use of language makes this potentially sensational story somehow beautiful, compassionate, and full of hope in the midst of tremendous loss. This is not a black and white exposé of cults, but a complex exploration of the ties that bind us to places and people that hurt us, the wrenching decisions we sometimes must make in order to survive, and the saving power of the truth, no matter how difficult it may be to bear. --Sara Zarr, author of the 2007 National Book Award Finalist Story of a GirlA timely story . . . A poetic, penetrating, heart-wrenching, and ultimately inspiring read. --Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and EternalSkilled writing, a narrator you root for, and [a] compelling glimpse into a secret world. --Deb Caletti, author of the National Book Award finalist Honey, Baby, SweetheartAn absolute page-turner. --Elizabeth Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (School Library Journal blog)Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel. . . . Be forewarned: This book is a compulsive read. --Audrey Couloumbis, author of the Newbery Honor Book Getting Near to BabyNo doubt about it, THE CHOSEN ONE is one of the best books of the year! I couldn't put it down. Carol Lynch Williams grabs you with her literary talents and never lets you go. Kyra still haunts me. I'll be talking about this book in workshops all year long. --M. Jerry Weis, Distinguished Service Professor, New Jersey City University, and past president of ALANKyra reminds me of my high school classmate in Utah who married her sisters husband and descended into a netherworld of poverty, abuse, and humiliation. Carol Lynch Williams remarkable story of Kyras fight to free herself from a culture that degrades and dehumanizes women is really a story of the triumph of the human spirit. This book matters! --Sandra Dallas, author of Prayers for Sale
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1427207062
ISBN(13-digit): 9781427207067
Dewey Decimal: [Fic]
Library of Congress: bl2009015235
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
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