Waiting on Wednesday [8] The Chosen One

The Chosen One

by: Carol Lynch Williams

Taking a story “ripped from the headlines,” Williams looks inside a polygamist cult and the dangers it poses for one girl. Kyra and her father, three mothers, and 20 siblings live in an isolated community under the thumb of a prophet, who controls every aspect of his apostles’ lives. The most shocking intrusion of all comes when the prophet decrees that Kyra is to become the wife of her 60-year-old uncle. A secret patron of a local mobile library, Kyra knows there’s a world away from the compound she might escape to, but first she pins her hopes on her father’s ability to change the prophet’s mind. Instead, her family is threatened, and the stakes for her refusal to marry are raised. The clandestine relationship Kyra is having with one of the compound’s teenage boys is a romance more convenient than convincing (everyone is carefully watched except this duo, it seems). Contrivances notwithstanding, this is a heart pounder, and readers will be held, especially as the danger escalates. Williams’ portrayals of the family are sharp, but what’s 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. Grades 7-10. --Ilene Cooper

*Isn't the cover pretty?! And really guys, we all know that pretty covers are a big part of books. If it has a cute cover, were automatically attracted to it, plus this just sounds like such a amazing story. I love the idea, it seems like it's taken straight from the headlines...or what was the headlines a few months ago.

** And also this summary isn't that great but I couldn't find the real one on amazon so...this is all I could do. :[