The Chosen One

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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 it much if you don t count her visits to the Ironton County Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her secret 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 Kyra must marry her sixty year old uncle who already has six wives she must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Recommended by The New England Children s Booksellers Association. New Download The Chosen One author Carol Lynch Williams For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Kyra s story ishauntingThis little book had so much to offer.Kyra loves her family She loves her father, 3 mothers, and 19 siblings Our protagonist is use to her way of life, but she has some secrets Good juicy ones if you ask me There is a bookmobile that comes by every Wednesday, and against what the sect leaders say she goes read those horrible immoral books As a reader this made me smile Books can really change your life The next secret is probably even worse She is in love Kyra s story ishauntingThis little book had so much to offer.Kyra loves her family She loves her father, 3 mothers, and 19 siblings Our protagonist is use to her way of life, but she has some secrets Good juicy ones if you ask me There is a bookmobile that comes by every Wednesday, and against what the sect leaders say she goes read those horrible immoral books As a reader this made me smile Books can really change your life The next secret is probably even worse She is in love with a boy named Joshua A big no no It s surprising that a boy like this could actually come out of this kind of community He is really brave Her world as she knows isn t perfect, but things get unbearable ...I could not put this book down I got it on a random whim when I was browsingand it was one of the best books I have read in a long time But it s sad and shocking you really feel afraid for Kyra and you re just desperately begging her to get away, to escape with Patrick in his library on wheels.Basically, Kyra is a 13 year old in a place where the leader called the Prophet chooses who you marry It is a very different novel and explores religion and culture and especially the way I could not put this book down I got it on a random whim when I was browsingand it was one of the best books I have read in a long time But it s sad and shocking you really feel afraid for Kyra and you re just desperately begging her to ...Carol Lynch Williams touches on a topic about which I have read a great deal over the past few months a young woman trapped in a religious organisation Writing this novella seemingly geared for the young adult population, Williams turns the focus onto a polygamous community and the plural wives mentality that turns innocent teenage girls into matrimonial dolls for the elders Kyra Leigh Carlson is thirteen and has lived her entire life in a strict religious community, enveloped by the Carol Lynch Williams touches on a topic about which I have read a great deal over the past few months a young woman trapped in a religious organisation Writing this novella seemingly geared for the young adult population, Williams turns the focus onto a polygamous community and the plural wives mentality that ...I am not me any.I go to sleep knowing that.I am not me Any More The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams is a thought provoking read that hit my heart hard Hot, angry tears mixed right in with my cries of no, no, NO A disturbing story filled with pain and ugliness, but strength and hope as well Faith holds the power to inspire and devastate.Readers are introduced to 13 year old Kyra, her family, and way of life in an isolated Polygamist community A life filled with the weight and I am not me any.I go to sleep knowing that.I am not me Any More The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams is a thought provoking read that hit my heart hard Hot, angry tears mixed right in with my cries of no, no, NO A disturbing story filled with pain and ugliness, but strength and hope as well Faith holds the power to inspire and devastate.Readers are introduced to 13 year old Kyra, her family, and way of life in an isolated Polygamist community A life filled with the weight and warmth of family, bonds, and love But for girls, a suffocating world with no control or right to choose Williams brings Kyra s life alive on the page with clear, stark, short sentences and words Sometimes I found myself shaking my head in awe at Williams How did she just gut punch me with three little words ...It s something of an understatement to say that this book was captivating it s almost too gentle or whimsical a word to describe the way I was completely gripped from the first page And that s not just a bit of zealous reviewer hyperbole on my part Whether I was actively reading The Chosen One or passing time until I could pick it up again also known as working it occupied my mind Possessed my thoughts Demanded my attention I don t approach books that deal with complex subjects in It s something of an understatement to say that this book was captivating it s almost too gentle or whimsical a word to describe the way I was completely gripped from the first page And that s not just a bit of zealous reviewer hyperbole on my part Whether I was actively reading The Chosen One or passing time until I could pick it up again also known as working... The Chosen One is a heartbreaking, definitely disturbing account of one girl s isolated life in a polygamist community Kyra is thirteen years old but has already witnessed terrible acts of violence babies being tortured, gunshots going off in the dead of night, and women being murdered for no comprehensible reason At her age she is slowly understanding what this all means no one is safe, and she must always accept what the Prophet tells her to do However, Kyra s resolve to follow the The Chosen One is a heartbreaking, definitely disturbing account of one girl s isolated life in a polygamist community Kyra is thirteen years old but has already witnessed terrible acts of violence babies being tortured, gunshots going off in the dead of night, and women being murdered for no comprehensible reason At her age she is slowly ...I have always been fascinated by the world of polygamy, not the Muslim type, but the type that stems from innately American religion Mormonism The Chosen One is the first YA book I came across that was dedicated to this subject.The book narrates a story of Kyra, a 13 year old girl born and raised in a polygamist compound Her family is huge, she has 3 mothers and over a dozen of siblings Kyra s life is quite acceptable in spite of the tough fundamentalist rules that prohibit reading, I have always been fascinated by the world of polygamy, not the Muslim type, but the type that stems from innately American religion Mormonism The Chosen One is the first YA book I came across that was dedicated to this subject.The book narrates a story of Kyra, a 13 year old girl born and raised in a polygamist compound Her family is huge, she has 3 mothers and over a dozen of siblings Kyra s life...This one gets 5 stars from b c once I started I couldn t put it down Like, the plot just built masterfully, raising the stakes and keeping me invested and it didn t really give me a moment to breathe in a good way I cried Actually cried Rare for me in a book Okay, maybe I got on the verge of going all out and bawlingThe prose was LOVELY Really kind of sparingly written, but in such a way that the emotions and the...funny how i was trying to finish this book on the way to the train station for the impromptu train ride my fam decided to take today, and wasn t able to, so i took it inside the train and finished it there, whereupon i gave it to me mum for safekeeping and she put it next to my dad s programming book, and when we ended up not taking the train after all, since it seemed highly unlikely it d ever even run PAKISTANI RAILWAYS URGHHHH we got off a while later and my mom forgot to pick up both of funny how i was trying to finish this book on the way to the train station for the i...Feels a bit wrong to say that I enjoyed this but hey ho, I did But it does feel unfinished and definitely needs some kind of epilogue.

The Chosen One
  • English
  • 06 July 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 213 pages
  • 0312555113
  • Carol Lynch Williams
  • The Chosen One