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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, with two more on the way. 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 c...more

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Published May 12th 2009 by St. Martin's Griffin

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Sep 15, 2009 Cara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Cara by: Tori

Shelves: realistic-fiction, recommended-to-me

Kyra's story is... haunting . This 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...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Reynje rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-that-linger, held-me-captive, read-2012, young-adult

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 thi...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Nomes rated it 4 of 5 stars

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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 bawling...

The prose was LOVELY. Really kind of sparingly written, but in such a way that the emotions and the ache was more intense. It's just GORGEOUSLY written and it really didn't s...more

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Dec 16, 2010 Thomas rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: five-stars

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 Proph...more

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May 06, 2009 Kristi (The Story Siren) rated it 3 of 5 stars

This novel was nothing short of spectacular. This is a very intense topic and I was glad to see it represented in a young adult novel. I was enraged, disgusted, and saddened by this novel.

Told from Kyra’s point of view, this novel unfolds a story of desperation, love, fear, and freedom. Kyra’s internal struggle was masterfully depicted. I never once questioned her desire to stay. Why would you not? To leave your family and everything you have come to know. I only hope that I would posses that t...more

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Mar 15, 2012 Aleeeeeza rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-read

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 th...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Amy or "Ames" rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: controversial-taboo, young-adult, library-books, contemporary, read-in-2012, stand-alone, menage-or-polyamory, m-read, rape

Waterboarding babies. Shit. I’m not a parent but in that moment I doubt a person could feel anything but a strong urge to protect and defend. Highly disturbing. I was reminded of Milgram’s experiment on obedience to authority figures and the Stanford prison experiment, both very famous psychological studies about the pressures of conforming to a specific role, whether dominant or submissive and highlights the extraordinary strength it takes to break away from it. If the mother of that baby refus...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Luu rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, young-adult, stand-alone

Hlavná hrdinka Kyra žije v komunite polygamistov. Všetko riadia náboženskí fanatici, ženy nemajú žiadne práva, knihy a čítanie (okrem Biblie) sú zakázané. Všetko z našej civilizácie je dielo Satanovo, a kto sa pokúsi ujsť, je buď zbitý, alebo zastrelený. Jedno z pravidiel je, že ženy musia poslúchať, a keď sa váš šesťdesiatročný strýko rozhodne, že sa stanete jeho siedmou ženou, tak sa stanete jeho siedmou ženou.

Toto sa prihodí trinásťročnej Kyre. Tá by pred sobášom najradšej utiekla, ale ak by...more

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Mar 11, 2009 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 5 of 5 stars

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WOW!

That's the first word that came to mind as I turned the final page of THE CHOSEN ONE. I sat contemplating what I had just finished and had to process everything that Kyra had been through.

Meet Kyra Carlson. She is the second daughter to one of her father's three wives. She has been brought up in the Chosen One compound. Life wasn't always so strict. But when Prophet Childs takes over the lead, he takes tighter control. A fence is placed around the gro...more Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com

WOW!

That's the first word that came to mind as I turned the final page of THE CHOSEN ONE. I sat contemplating what I had just finished and had to process everything that Kyra had been through.

Meet Kyra Carlson. She is the second daughter to one of her father's three wives. She has been brought up in the Chosen One compound. Life wasn't always so strict. But when Prophet Childs takes over the lead, he takes tighter control. A fence is placed around the grounds. Women can no longer leave as easily. Reading is forbidden. Women and children must be obedient.

One night, Prophet Childs and three of his Apostles come knocking on Krya's trailer. The whole family is there for the visit. In stunned silence, Kyra hears the words that she has been Chosen. She is to become the seventh wife of her Uncle Hyrum.

Kyra is only thirteen. Her older sister, Emily, isn't right in the head, so no one is surprised that Emily hasn't been chosen. But it is shocking to be so young and to then have to wed her own uncle. It's just wrong. Even Kyra's father is flabbergasted at the pronouncement. The wedding is to be in four weeks.

Kyra is a rebel at the compound. She sneaks off to meet the weekly bookmobile on the main road. She keeps her library book hidden in the branches of a tree. She also secretly meets up with Joshua. He vows that if given the chance, he will choose Kyra for his wife.

Once Kyra hears the news that she is to wed, she does all she can to convince her family not to make it happen. But everyone is scared of the society they live in and know that going against Prophet Childs' wishes will make life worse for her entire family.

Kyra knows that marrying Uncle Hyrum is wrong. She doesn't accept the rules of the Chosen Ones. But she is torn. She knows she should run away before the wedding. But that will bring troubles to her family. How can she possibly leave her family? How can she possibly leave Joshua? Where would she go?

THE CHOSEN ONE may not be for everyone. The story is powerful and will leave you feeling angry and disgusted. But it will also leave you amazed at the power of the human spirit and what can be overcome. The story is definitely controversial, and those with strong religious views will more than likely be deeply disturbed by the life that Kyra has been brought up in. But if you can get beyond the religious context, the story will leave you breathless as you cheer and pray for Kyra to do what must be done.

Though Kyra is a thirteen-year-old girl, the subject matter of THE CHOSEN ONE may not be appropriate for younger readers. Though there is no actual sex within the story, the subject matter is quite obvious and referenced throughout the entire book.
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Feb 02, 2009 John Parker rated it 5 of 5 stars

Carol Lynch Williams’ The Chosen One might be what one gets when they throw the Duggars of TLC fame into a little darker environment. It is powerful, like a gruesome car wreck that has to be viewed again and again. It is a well told story and skillfully adapted to address a subject that is taboo for most readers. Thankfully, it is fiction, but we all know this has probably existed.

Kyra is thirteen and about to marry her uncle, but only because it is God’s will. Polygamy aside, violence and skewe...more

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Feb 04, 2011 Emily May rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-na

I could not put this book down. I got it on a random whim when I was browsing Amazon and 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...more

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Jun 23, 2011 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-from-library

The Chosen One is the story of 13-year-old Kyra who has grown up in an isolated polygamous community without questioning her father’s three wives and her twenty brothers and sisters. Yet, she’s starting to show signs of “disobedience”, counting her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with the boy she hopes to choose for. But when the Prophet decrees that Kyra must marry her 60-year-old uncle—who already has six wives—Kyra must make a desperate c...more The Chosen One is the story of 13-year-old Kyra who has grown up in an isolated polygamous community without questioning her father’s three wives and her twenty brothers and sisters. Yet, she’s starting to show signs of “disobedience”, counting her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with the boy she hopes to choose for. But when the Prophet decrees that Kyra must marry her 60-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.

I’ve heard raving reviews about The Chosen One so I was quite excited to be reading it, despite its subject matter and boy was I hooked. I finished reading it within an hour and by the end of it, I was left with equal parts of hope, sadness, happiness and un-satisfaction.

Kyra may only be 13 years old but she has seen what 13 years old shouldn’t. Deformed babies dying, “disobedient” followers chased away, etc. In her community, polygamy is the accepted way of life, that for a man to enter heaven, he must have 3 wives, minimum. I find it disgusting that the men of the community could twist bible scriptures and take advantage of such young girls. It makes me wonder if they are really brainwashed or simply, making up this “community” just so they can have access to young girls.

Reading The Chosen One, the most important feeling I got from it was a sense of hope. Despite the horrible things Kyra witnesses, what the reader sees, despite what I read and balked at, particular a scene involving a crying baby, there is still a ray of hope. Readers want to know if Kyra will be able to escape, if she will be able to save herself and her family.

I honestly can’t help but feel sad for her family, especially her parents. One can tell that Kyra’s biological parents as well as Mother Claire, her father’s first wife, are starting to have doubts about the community. When Krya is “chosen” for her uncle, her biological uncle, even her father wants this decision to be rescinded but alas, things don’t work that way. There was also another scene I was rather affected by; I won’t say too much about it, but really, the fact that a group of men, or even just one man, can harm such a young and innocent girl, is just disgusting.

Another small ray of hope comes in the form of a budding romance between Kyra and a fellow believer, Joshua. I was really rooting for them and I can’t say that the ending left me satisfied. I think readers will be able to tell from the start that most marriages in this community involve young girls and way older guys, not a couple of similar age. Still, the interaction between Krya and Joshua was slightly uplifting to read.

The only reason I can’t give this book a full 5-star rating is the ending. While full of hope, it left me wholly unsatisfied. I suppose it’s one of those endings which leave the reader to their imagination, wondering whatever happened to the characters but I’m sorry, for me, it felt like a letdown. There were so many loose ends, so many things I was still wondering about. Still, it was a very good book and I definitely recommend it to all.(less)

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Jan 19, 2011 Bethany Miller rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ms-miller-s-book-list, summer-reads-for-teens, nwhs-book-club

“If I was going to kill the prophet, I’d do it in Africa,” thirteen-year-old Kyra tells her baby sister. “I’d kill him first for me, and then I’d kill him for you. Then I’d kill him for the rest of our sisters. And our mothers. And the other women here…” Kyra is a part of the polygamist group The Chosen Ones. There are twenty-four people in her family: her father, three mothers, and nineteen siblings with two more babies on the way. The Chosen Ones read only the Bible, they do not communicate wi...more

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Apr 03, 2010 Meaghan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-young-adult-fiction, read-in-2009

People will be tempted to compare this book to Shelley Hrdlitschka's Sister Wife, which came out just months before The Chosen One. The books share certain similarities: both are about a girl in her early teens who lives in an insular polygamist community and yearns for life on the "outside." In both cases, the girl is in love with a boy her own age, but is commanded to marry an older man.

Williams's book, however, is much darker than Hrdlitschka's. I think the focus is also different. Hrdlitschk...more People will be tempted to compare this book to Shelley Hrdlitschka's Sister Wife, which came out just months before The Chosen One. The books share certain similarities: both are about a girl in her early teens who lives in an insular polygamist community and yearns for life on the "outside." In both cases, the girl is in love with a boy her own age, but is commanded to marry an older man.

Williams's book, however, is much darker than Hrdlitschka's. I think the focus is also different. Hrdlitschka tried very hard to present all sides of the polygamy issue and maintain a neutral point of view. In Williams's story, however, the male leaders of the community are indisputably evil, and one dark event follows another. An infant is deliberately ducked in water and nearly drowned simply because the previous day the adults were unable to stop her crying. Disabled babies are killed at birth. A teenage girl forced to marry a much older man is accused of adultery and murdered. And so on.

Many people might accuse Williams of prejudice against polygamists, but the polygamy seemed almost incidental to the story. Take the polygamy out and you wouldn't lose much. You've still got girls into marriage with men many times their age, the murder of infants, etc. I think the story wasn't about polygamists, it was about an isolated and thoroughly cowed group of people in the grip of some truly terrible leaders. This book could have been about Jonestown. Or North Korea.

The Chosen One is a quick read. Not only is it relatively short at a little over 200 pages, but the atmosphere of suspense -- as the protagonist's wedding date approaches -- kept me rapidly turning pages. I actually found it more realistic than Sister Wife, particularly at the end. The ending is ambiguous and it's clear that the girl and her family's troubles are far from over, but it was about as hopeful as you could reasonably expect.

I liked the story a lot, but it's not for everyone. The sheer darkness of it, and the violence, make it lean towards the older end of the YA spectrum, though the protagonist is only thirteen.(less)

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Apr 23, 2010 Tara rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, young-adult

What a ride this book was! This is a tender, but gut-wrenching story about a brave 13-year-old girl who is in love with a boy who is wonderful, but forced to marry her uncle (50 years older than her). The prophet and her uncle were horrible, horrible people. There were many times I got that feeling you get when you watch a horror movie, you know the feeling, when you want to yell at the screen "Don't do it!!" One of the best things for me was that Williams was able to really capture the spirit o...more

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Mar 30, 2010 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen, library-books, dark-and-twisty, realistic-fiction

This book grabbed my attention and held on tight. The novel is fast paced, but still filled with description. There isn't much character development for anyone, but Kyra. This could be because there are so many characters and the novel is not very long. Kyra is a sympathetic character, but that is probably because she seems to not actually hold most of her people's beliefs. The prophet said that reading fiction is a sin so the entire compound burned their books, but Kyra goes to the public libra...more

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Apr 12, 2010 Michelle Flores rated it 4 of 5 stars

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The Chosen One is a very powerful and disturbing story. If I could describe the novel with only one word it will be: impressive. The author leads you in a journey that you as a reader can feel every emotion that Kyra is feeling like: happiness, confusion, love, fear and disgust. Kyra is a strong character who shows both sides of the “world” she’s living; what was good and bad. I felt anger and compassion at the same time towards Kyra’s family. The most fascinating th...more

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Sep 12, 2009 Tatiana rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone interested in polygamy

Recommended to Tatiana by: Heather

Shelves: 2009, ya, ala-ya-2010

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, danci...more

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Mar 12, 2010 Aileen rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was so good. I could not put it down and though I was horrified by some of the events, it was so good. This book may not have connected with any personal experiences, I could still feel as though I was in Kyra's shoes the entire time. It may have been her love of books, or her secret romances with a forrbiden boy, you felt as though you were right there next to her. Carol Lynch Williams more then outdoes herself with this story. Whenever something happened, good or bad, I felt so stron...more

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Jun 23, 2010 Candielouhoo added it

I really expected to hate this book but it's turning out to be one I have a hard time putting down!
The not so deep rooted subject of the book is polygamy and living pretty much captive on a commune known as The Chosen Ones. Religion, faith and doing what is right to get you to the afterlife are the strong elements to this story. However, it's ultimately the difficult journey from being a girl to being forced to become a woman long before she is ready.
"How can I give my love to him?" "I won't m...more

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Jun 12, 2011 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: best-of-ya, lost-sleep-over-this, favourites, read-in-2011, books-that-linger, prose-envy, rainy-day-reads, characters-i-love

One of the most heartbreaking books I have read in a long time. The powerful setting of a polygamist compound combined with engaging, beautiful characters made this book completely un-put-down-able.

Williams' prose can be quite poetic at times, which works well for Kyra's story. When Kyra is particularly upset or overwhelmed the writing tends to be sparse and sentences break up over many lines. This made it super easy for me to feel what Kyra was feeling and helped keep up the pace.

This is a qu...more

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Dec 15, 2011 01shakiad rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The Chosen One
By: Carol Lynch Williams

The Chosen One was an awesome book. I liked the theme of the story, which was polygamy. It was fast paced, and in a sense, kind of like a thriller. The author gives great descriptions of the character’s and it gives you great insight on what growing up in a polygamous community would be like. I like the fact that although the main character is being forced to marry her uncle, she’s still in love with someone else. It’s great how she has the char...more

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Aug 12, 2011 A. added it

Written in gorgeous prose, this story just ripped me apart. What I found so admirable about Carol Lynch Williams’ telling is that, though she depicts absolute horrors visited upon members of her envisioned polygamist cult, she is very careful not to vilify all members of religions in which polygamy is a fundamental part of the practice.

Kyra's family may not always get along - there are inevitable jealous strains and disagreement among the wives and children - but they are ultimately close-knit...more

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Jan 03, 2011 South Regional Durham County Libraries rated it 4 of 5 stars

In this thriller, 13-year-old Kyra lives in an isolated polygamist cult. Life in the compound is as dry as the surrounding desert, more confining than the chain-link fence on its perimeter. But Kyra finds small freedoms despite the tightly controlled communal environment and is able to slip outside to wander the desert. There she chances upon a friendly book-mobile driver who opens the world of children's literature to her. Kyra even begins a flirtation with her classmate, Joshua, a dangerous si...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Bailyn Dupont rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams is the book I read. The terrifying nature of what the main character Kyra has to go through is unworldly. She is the child of an oppressive man with three different wives. She is the sister of 20 brothers and sisters. At the beginning of the book she starts by saying how much she desires to kill the prophet. This is described on page 1 and 2. The Mormon religion has a prophet and a some denominations of Mormons have many wives. I connected this to the real...more

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Mar 05, 2013 Alexis Ceja rated it 4 of 5 stars

The book the Choosen One was very intresting. I enjoyed reading it. Got to learn some unique stuff that I didn't know about polygamy familys. Kyra is a thirteen year old who has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. Kyra has been chosen by the Prophet to marry her sixty-year-old uncle. Kyra is in denial and disagrees with the decision that has been made. Having the need to...more

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Jan 27, 2013 Maggie K rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow. This book was stunning. Reading the backcover, I initially was intrigued by the polygamy subject matter, but this book was more intense than I thought it would be. Ms. Williams tells an incredibly real and frightening story of 13 year old Kyra. She does a fabulous job narrating how a 13 year old (in this kind of community and up-bringing) might think and feel...Kyra is incredibly likable and yet still so real...her fears, dreams, beliefs, conscience. The entire book, really, is Kyra's fight...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Essjay rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

To begin my review, I feel I should first justify my low rating. I'll do this by quoting another Review I read on amazon of this book as it sums up my feelings entirely;

"Sometimes a book is just OK. There's nothing particularly `wrong' with it, but you can't really feel anything about it besides the fact that it's OK. That's how I felt with Carol Lynch Williams' The Chosen One. Totally interesting topic (a teenage girl's struggle to find her place in society, which in this case is a polygamist c...more

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Jan 04, 2013 Qin Cai rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Chosen One is a book about a polygamist society in the modern day world. The polygamist society calls themselves "The Chosen Ones". The Chosen Ones believe in many Christian ideas, but they also believe in many immoral things such as physical punishment for sins and polygamy. The Chosen Ones are ruled by the prophet, and have a police force called The God Squad. The Chosen One focuses on a 13 year old girl named Kyra living in the compound. Kyra has a love for books and a boy her aged named...more

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Dec 14, 2012 Ada rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Chosen One is a novel about a 13-year-old girl who grew up in a family with her father, three mothers, twenty brothers and sisters, and two more on the way. This is a novel is surrounded with the theme of polygamy thorough the whole book. This theme was developed really quickly in the beginning by telling the readers that the main character- Kyra has 20 siblings and has three mothers. Also, to emphasise the theme of polygamy, the main issue of The Chosen One is when the prophet came to visit...more The Chosen One is a novel about a 13-year-old girl who grew up in a family with her father, three mothers, twenty brothers and sisters, and two more on the way. This is a novel is surrounded with the theme of polygamy thorough the whole book. This theme was developed really quickly in the beginning by telling the readers that the main character- Kyra has 20 siblings and has three mothers. Also, to emphasise the theme of polygamy, the main issue of The Chosen One is when the prophet came to visit Kyra’s family and said that Kyra must marry her 60-year-old uncle, who is related to Kyra by blood and also has six wives already. In the novel, Kyra’s uncle is an extremely violet man who treated his wives as objects, and all Kyra knows is that “looking at their faces, I can see how these two are related. The same color eyes. The same color hair, same jaw lines. But that is where they change. Uncle Hyrum is a good twenty years older then Father. And a hundred years meaner.”. This information is given to the reader’s who doesn’t know what polygamy is, like me. Kyra loves a man named Joshua, Joshua is the age of about to choose a woman to become his wife. However, no matter how they love each other, they can’t be together.
There are two main places Kyra usually goes. First, it is her secret tree; she likes to day dream and reads her books there because there is no one to disturb her there. Because Kyra grew up in such a big family, she can barely be alone. When she wants to be alone, she will go there. The other important place for Kyra is the mobile library, the place where she borrows forbidden books. In Kyra’s family, no one can read any book other than the bible. Perhaps, the mobile library is where Kyra wants to escape from where she is right now and when she goes to her secret place, is the place where she can calm herself down and make the right decision and realized that, if she run away, any rebellion in them will all come back on people she loves.
The Chosen One is overall pretty fresh, uncommon and interesting read. I did enjoy while reading thorough the whole novel because the plot is really new to me and the story line is stamp. I recommend this book to all age group readers
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