Summary:
Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much---if you don’t count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her.
But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle---who already has six wives---Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.
My Thoughts: This was a really good book! I couldn't put it down. This was a book I normally would not have picked out myself had my sister not borrowed it from the library and I had nothing else to read. Kyra is a very determined girl and I was rooting for her the whole way through! I loved how her (big) family was supportive of each other and loved one another despite their circumstances. I just wish the ending could have been wrapped up better and not have left me hanging. If I say any more, I will spoil the ending, so you will have to read it yourself to find out!
Age Range: 12-13ish+
Rating: 5 stars!
P.S. Happy Memorial Day! Today we honor those who have fallen while protecting our country.
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