Many thirteen-year-old girls fantasize about the man they are going to marry. They might even go as far as to picture their dress, the brides maid dresses, and the setting for their wedding. For Kyra in The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams finding out who she's supposed to marry is more of a nightmare than a fantasy.
Kyra is the member of a polygamous cult in which each man has several wives and many children. To question any custom or decision of the head prophet is to put ones own safety at risk. Some have lost their lives for chosing who they want to be with and sneaking a romance.
Kyra herself hides several shameful secrets for which she lives in constant fear of discovery. Not only does she check out and read books from the local library bookmobile, but she's also fallen in love with Josh, a boy her age in her cult. They meet to kiss and talk on a hidden stairway where no one can see them.
Then the most shocking thing that Kyra can imagine happens. The head prophet announces that he's picked a husband for her and it is her sixty-year-old uncle. While some of her family get caught up in the excitement of planning for her wedding, Kyra desperately searches for a way out.
Could she or Josh convince the elders that she and Josh should marry? Would that put them in danger? What about running away from this place? But she'd miss her sisters, her father, and her mothers who she adores. Yet what thirteen-year-old girl wants to marry her sixty-year-old Uncle?
Will Kyra risk everything to get out of this obligation and if she does what punishment will come down on those she loves? Would she ever see them again? And what about the future for she and Josh? Find out how far the God Squad in this cult will go to keep order and control.
Many thirteen-year-old girls fantasize about the man they are going to marry. They might even go as far as to picture their dress, the brides maid dresses, and the setting for their wedding. For Kyra in The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams finding out who she's supposed to marry is more of a nightmare than a fantasy.
Kyra is the member of a polygamous cult in which each man has several wives and many children. To question any custom or decision of the head prophet is to put ones own safety at risk. Some have lost their lives for chosing who they want to be with and sneaking a romance.
Kyra herself hides several shameful secrets for which she lives in constant fear of discovery. Not only does she check out and read books from the local library bookmobile, but she's also fallen in love with Josh, a boy her age in her cult. They meet to kiss and talk on a hidden stairway where no one can see them.
Then the most shocking thing that Kyra can imagine happens. The head prophet announces that he's picked a husband for her and it is her sixty-year-old uncle. While some of her family get caught up in the excitement of planning for her wedding, Kyra desperately searches for a way out.
Could she or Josh convince the elders that she and Josh should marry? Would that put them in danger? What about running away from this place? But she'd miss her sisters, her father, and her mothers who she adores. Yet what thirteen-year-old girl wants to marry her sixty-year-old Uncle?
Will Kyra risk everything to get out of this obligation and if she does what punishment will come down on those she loves? Would she ever see them again? And what about the future for she and Josh? Find out how far the God Squad in this cult will go to keep order and control.