The Chosen One by Carol Lynch WilliamsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I missed reading this when it was on the Beehive Award list in 2012, but I'm glad I didn't miss this altogether. It is the story of Kyra, who is part of a polygamist community. Her father has 3 wives and she is one of twenty children. Life is routine until she discovers the bookmobile, which parks at the edge of the community. Reading opens a new world. She also discovers Joshua, one of the teenage boys living in the community. Both discoveries leave her very conflicted because they are against the rules of the compound. When the prophet of the community announces that she is to marry her sixty-year-old uncle, Kyra feels she must leave. It is hard not to be impressed with the natural voice of Kyra as she confronts her fears of destroying everything for her family if she leaves, and the marriage to her cruel uncle if she stays. Emotionally moving.
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