However, someone from Society is always watching. Extras like music, poetry and art have been narrowed down to an approved 100 in each category.Ĭassia is matched with her classmate Xander, but when she sees someone else in the information she's given about her match, she starts to fall in love with Ky and realizes for the first time that she possibly has a choice. Through research, Society has figured out the parameters of a pleasant, healthy life, including that everyone should dress similarly, be provided with food for optimal nutrition, and be told how long to live and whom to marry. In "Matched," the first book in the dystopian trilogy which was released last November, 17-year-old Cassia lives in a suburban neighborhood with her family and goes to work and school like many of the other teenagers she knows. "They were very resilient," Condie said of the pioneers. It's part of the area's pioneer heritage, as many of the pioneers came across the plains and then were assigned to settle rugged and untamed areas. 1.Įven though it's a rugged place, "you can sustain life," she said of the canyons. “Crossed” (Dutton Juvenille, $17.99) will be released Nov. Most of "Crossed," the second in her young adult dystopian "Matched" trilogy, is largely set in the Carving in the Outer Provinces, which was inspired by the canyons Condie loved growing up. But there are many other features that people don't know about. "There is a lot of geography people are super-familiar with," Condie said of The Narrows and the other canyons in an interview with the Deseret News. When she was growing up in the Southern Utah community of Cedar City, Ally Condie’s family would go camping practically every weekend. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.This sequel is still the clean and interesting story that Condie started in the first book.
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border.īut as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again.
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