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Author:
Williams, Carol Lynch.
Title:
The chosen one / Carol Lynch Williams.
Edition:
1st St. Martin's Griffin pbk. ed.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin,
Copyright Date:
2010, c2009
Description:
234 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Cults--Juvenile fiction.
Polygamy--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Cults--Fiction.
Polygamy--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Coming of age--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Summary:
In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.
Indexed by:
Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010
School Library Journal, July 2009
Pub Weekly, May 2009
Booklist, February 2009
New York Times, June 2009
Horn Book, October 2009
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2009
Kirkus Review, April 2009
Library Media Connection, October 2009
ISBN:
0312627750
9780312627751 (pbk.)
Locations:
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
UKPD911 -- Carlisle Public Library (Carlisle)
KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)
54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)
WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

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