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The Chosen One


No. of pages 224

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Great for age 12-18 years
Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters. That is, without questioning them much - if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle - who already has six wives - Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Simon & Schuster Ltd .

Carol Lynch Williams 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.

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Beehive Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Beehive Award.

Charlotte Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 9-12 category by the Charlotte Award.

The Audies
This book was recognised by the The Audies.

Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.

Rhode Island Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.

Utah Book Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Utah Book Award.

South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

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