Crossed
Condie, Ally
ISBN-13 9780525423652
ISBN-10 0525423656
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2011
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Reading Level: HL630 Lexile
Interest Age: 12-18
Reader's Annotation:
Kassia lives in a society where everything is controlled by the Officials and she must get out. Can they survive when they leave all they have ever known?
Plot Summary:
Cassia has lived in a society where every decision is already made for her based on probability. The Officials decide who she will marry on her 17th birthday, what she will eat and what day she will die. In the first book Cassia finds out that her set up with Ky is planned and she has acted according to what the Officials predicted. She was an experiment. In Crossed, she decides to try to find Ky, who was shipped out to the outer provinces. She transfers to different camps to try to find her way out. Xander comes into her life briefly once more. There is still turmoil of who she will end up with in the end.
Cassia makes it out to the provinces, but it having a hard time finding Ky. There is no food out here and there are very little supplies she has with her to keep her safe. There is no telling what the Officials will do and she is sure they are still watching her. Will she make it to Ky?
Critical Evaluation:
This book switches between Ky and Cassia. Both points of view are shared and the characters are developed greatly in this book. There is more action than in the first book because Cassia is trying to get out and Ky is trying to kind Cassia. The two are being separated by the Officials on purpose. Condie did a great job developing the characters in this book because by the end, the reader is invested enough to truly care what happens to these two.
The setting is in a controlled world where the Officials know what everyone is doing at all times. This was well established in the first book and in Crossed, it is amplified as Cassia begins to rebel. The good and the bad of safety in exchange for freedom is revealed in these books. This has the reader thinking about what they would do in the situation.
About the Author:
Ally Condie was a high school English teacher for years before writing her book Matched. She obtained her teaching degree from Brigham Young University and she still keeps her certificate valid in case she wants to go back to teaching at some point. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband and children.
Matched is Condie's first book and it is the first in a trilogy. Her second book, Crossed, was released in 2011 and the final book Reached will be released in November of 2012. Matched is an international best seller and was part of YALSA's Teen's Top Ten in 2011. It was also the #1 pick on the Winter Kid
s Indie Next List. When Crossed came out, Kirkis stated that the series was an "addictive, layered, dystopic trilogy." Condie has been able to grasp what readers want to know.
http://allycondie.com/bio
http://www.matched-book.com/bio.html
Curriculum Ties:
Future societies and control.
Cassia has lived in a society where every decision is already made for her based on probability. The Officials decide who she will marry on her 17th birthday, what she will eat and what day she will die. In the first book Cassia finds out that her set up with Ky is planned and she has acted according to what the Officials predicted. She was an experiment. In Crossed, she decides to try to find Ky, who was shipped out to the outer provinces. She transfers to different camps to try to find her way out. Xander comes into her life briefly once more. There is still turmoil of who she will end up with in the end.
Cassia makes it out to the provinces, but it having a hard time finding Ky. There is no food out here and there are very little supplies she has with her to keep her safe. There is no telling what the Officials will do and she is sure they are still watching her. Will she make it to Ky?
Critical Evaluation:
This book switches between Ky and Cassia. Both points of view are shared and the characters are developed greatly in this book. There is more action than in the first book because Cassia is trying to get out and Ky is trying to kind Cassia. The two are being separated by the Officials on purpose. Condie did a great job developing the characters in this book because by the end, the reader is invested enough to truly care what happens to these two.
The setting is in a controlled world where the Officials know what everyone is doing at all times. This was well established in the first book and in Crossed, it is amplified as Cassia begins to rebel. The good and the bad of safety in exchange for freedom is revealed in these books. This has the reader thinking about what they would do in the situation.
About the Author:
Ally Condie was a high school English teacher for years before writing her book Matched. She obtained her teaching degree from Brigham Young University and she still keeps her certificate valid in case she wants to go back to teaching at some point. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband and children.
Matched is Condie's first book and it is the first in a trilogy. Her second book, Crossed, was released in 2011 and the final book Reached will be released in November of 2012. Matched is an international best seller and was part of YALSA's Teen's Top Ten in 2011. It was also the #1 pick on the Winter Kid
s Indie Next List. When Crossed came out, Kirkis stated that the series was an "addictive, layered, dystopic trilogy." Condie has been able to grasp what readers want to know.
http://allycondie.com/bio
http://www.matched-book.com/bio.html
Curriculum Ties:
Future societies and control.
Book Talking:
What would you choose?
Challenging Issues:
If this book were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
This book is intriguing from the first page to the last. There are so many different pieces to this book and Condie did not leave out any aspect of control. Dystopia is an interesting topic that has been written about for years. This one takes the concept to a new level.
What would you choose?
Challenging Issues:
If this book were to be challenged, I would go through the selection process with the challenger as well as explain the rationale for the book. There are many good qualities in this book that could be reason to have it in a collection.
Why Read this Book:
This book is intriguing from the first page to the last. There are so many different pieces to this book and Condie did not leave out any aspect of control. Dystopia is an interesting topic that has been written about for years. This one takes the concept to a new level.
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