Sunday, March 7, 2010

The Chosen One

First off I have to start off by saying this book was amazing. It was also terrifying at the same time. This book follows thirteen-year-old Kyra, who has grown up on a polygamous community with her father, three mothers, and twenty brothers and sisters. Scary right??? This book is EXTREMELLY intense. Kyra usually follows the rules with no questions asked, that is before she starts making secret trips to the Mobile Library on Wheels , something forbidden, and meeting the boy that she hopes to marry, instead of having one chosen for her. This is before the prophet declares that she must marry her 60-year-old uncle. The one who already HAS six other wives. This doesn't stop the boy she loves from confronting the prophet, claiming that he loves Kyra and wants to marry her. This gets them both a severe beating. Kyra keeps going to the Mobile Library on Wheels, and starts trying to think of ways to escape. She especially wants to leave when one of her mothers, the one who gave birth to her, becomes sick because of her pregnancy, and Patrick, the Mobile Library on Wheels driver, tries to help her out. Patrick pays for his help in the worst way possible, but afterwards, Kyra can't help but want to leave even more. Will she get out before it's too late?? Will she marry the boy she loves or her old, creepy uncle?? This book was amazing and I couldn't put it down. Overall grade?? A+

No comments:

Post a Comment