The Chosen One (Hardcover) by Carol Lynch Williams

from taramatchi

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 feeli...

from The_Book_Queen

When I first picked up The Chosen One, I was a bit weary-- it's not the kind of book I usually read. I didn't know a whole lo about polygamy, except for the stereotypical information we get through the news. Could I get into this book even though everything about their life style goes against my ...

from SugarCreekRanch

The Chosen One is the story of thirteen year old Kyra, growing up in a polygamist community. She has just discovered young love when it is announced that she will marry her 60-something uncle in one month. This novel is in first person, and Kyra's "voice" is very realistic. The Chosen One starts ...

from ChristianR

Gripping and terribly unsettling, The Chosen One is about a 13-year-old girl (Kyra) in a polygamous community who is told by the leaders that she must marry her 67-year-old uncle and become his seventh wife. Her father and mothers (her father has three wives and numerous children) are unhappy, bu...

from ChristianR

Gripping and terribly unsettling, The Chosen One is about a 13-year-old girl (Kyra) in a polygamous community who is told by the leaders that she must marry her 67-year-old uncle and become his seventh wife. Her father and mothers (her father has three wives and numerous children) are unhappy, bu...