5 Stars - Could not stop reading this novel!
Kyra isn't your average 13 year-old. Isolated from the "outside" world, Kyra has grown up with 17 siblings, her mother, and her father's other two wives. For years, Kyra believed her father when he told her that they were "the chosen ones." She was obedient to her family and to the annointed Prophet in their small community. Once Kyra became a teenager and a new Prophet was named, however, she began questioning the life which has been dictated to her and her siblings.
The new Prophet had restricted their access to the outside world, banned Kyra's beloved books, and believed women should be kept silent, while the men ruled their families with an iron fist, forcing them all into obedience if they ever questioned the Prophet's teachings or if they acted in defiance against their community's strict beliefs.
Kyra begins breaking the rules. She starts reading books again delivered from a book mobile. She also develops feelings for Joshua - sweet Joshua, even kissing him and letting him hold her hand. When Joshua tells Kyra that in two years he wants to choose her to be his wife - his only wife-Kyra believes she can one day find happiness despite the oppressive community and overbearing rules.
Kyra's dreams are soon shattered when she learns that she has already been chosen by another. The man she is to wed is her sixty year old uncle. Kyra knows she has to act now and escape, even if it means leaving behind the family she adores and losing the boy she loves, even with the chance they may catch her and kill her- just as they did the others.....
this book was an amazing heart falt tear jerker i couldnt put it down when kyra was finally free it just ended and never told you what happened next so it was a cliff hanger too!wow! so i would recommend it to anyone.
ReplyDeleteIn the book the Choosen One kyra first she wants a place all by her self so she goes to a tree in her yard to get away for alone time becuase shes constintly stuck with her siblings till one day a man who lets his books be barrowed she watches him woundering wat it is hes doing till few days later he stops at her and hands her a card for her to check out knowing its aginst her belifes so when she finds out who she must marrie she flipps and conffes her sins but when they find out that she refuses to marrie him she is thretend to be killed and almost gets her dream krushed till she and joshua save it
ReplyDeleteThis book is was so amazing!!!!! Kyra is so brave. Towards the end of the story I really didn't think Kyra would get in the mobile library and start driving away!!!! It was sad that she had to leave her family and her loved ones and start a new life. This book was a cliff hanger but I wish there was more. I would recommend this book to everyone!!!!!!!!:)
ReplyDeleteThe Chosen One is such an amazing book. I like the way how Kyra is supossed to marry her old uncle but she wants to be with Joshua. Another part that i thought was very iteresting was when kyra's uncle wanted mariah to get punishedment by taking off her clthes and hold her nose so that she would be albe to breath in the icy cold water. I felt so bad for her.I would really recommend people to read this book cause it's just so amazing!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)
ReplyDeleteThis book was really good. There was this girl named Kyra. Her family believed in a religion where you had to listen to whatever the Prophet said because he was a messenger from God. One day the Prophet told the girl that she had to marry her uncle. She refused to marry him. Her parents told her that she had no choice. She tried to runaway but, got caught and was beaten. There was this boy she liked and he went to the Prophet to ask him if he could marry Kyra but wasnt allowed to so he got beat. After that she saw him one last time and never after that. Before, Kyra met a man that owned books and let people check them out. After she got beat she told him what happened so he decided to help her. As they were driving he tells her about a phone that he has in his car and if she ever gets passed a certian limit, where there is service, she can call for help. They then got caught by the Prophets police and they killed the man for helping her. They sent her back home and then she figured out that she couldnt live like this anymore. She went to the mans car and started driving away. She saw the Prophets police coming for her but she didnt want to give up. She passed that limit and called the cops for help. They came and helped her. They then found her a place to stay. This book was very sad and touching. I really enjoyed reading it.
ReplyDeleteWhen i saw the cover for this book i knew from the start i would like it alot. I absolutly love books like this, i would recomend this book to anyone who like thrilling or heart touching novels. The day the Prophet told the girl that she had to marry her uncle. She refused to marry him. Her parents told her that she had no choice. She tried to runaway but, got caught and was beaten, that was the sadest part because of thinking of having to marry an older gentleman that was YOU UNCLE is just ridiculous, then she gets beat for refusing! The reilefing part was when she told the man who owned books that she had gotten beat and she called the police and they found her a new place to stay. I really liked this because it got me going and i would've never known about this book if it wasnt for top tiger, now i love to read because of this book.. the only hard part is to find books like it!(:
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