Make sure to visit to the penguin teen for the latest ya book news including cover reveals, author interviews, special offers and promotions and more. I hope you guys enjoy the discussion and contribute your two. Matched matched trilogy, book 1 matched trilogy by ally condie. The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightlycontrolled society in which young people are matched with their life partners at the age of 17. Using metaphors in matched, are important to the book because they explain and describe. When author ally condie hosted a chat on twitter on september 25, her fans were eager to hear about the final book in her bestselling matched trilogy. Matched follows the story of cassia reyes, a seventeen year old girl who lives in the society, a government that controls every aspect of an individuals life. Matched invites comparisons to the giver and brave new world, and some science fiction fans may rightly complain that its derivative. Ally condie, matched i think matched is absolutely brilliant. Marks auditorium 843 south lincoln street salt lake city, utah 84102 photo opportunity in lifesized reached cover. Ally condie has won several awards throughout her career. Summerlost was a finalist for the 2017 edgar award for best juvenile mystery.
Seventeenyearold cassia has always trusted the society to make the right choices for her, but when there is a glitch at her matching ceremony, she is torn between marrying her best friend and a new love, which could bring disaster. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading reached matched, book 3. The main character is seventeenyearold cassia reyes, who is matched. Ive read a tremendous amount of lousy books this year so many of the new ya titles have been very disappointing but even in a good year, this book would have been a standout. The official facebook fan page for ally condie s new york times bestselling matched. Ally condie is the author of the bestselling matched trilogy matched, crossed. The second book, crossed, was published in november 2011, and reached, published november 2012, completed the trilogy. The matched book series by ally condie includes books matched, crossed, reached, and several more.
The second book in the series, crossed, was released last november, and the third book, reached, comes out next november, so were right in the middle of waiting to find out how everything wraps up. Matched by ally condie overdrive rakuten overdrive. Its the story of cassia reyes, a 17 year old girl living in a future society, where culture has. The society says that its a glitch and to focus on her life with xander, but cassia cant stop thinking about ky. Matched matched trilogy series book 1 ally condie author 2011 matched matched trilogy series book 1 ally condie author kate simses narrator. I give it three stars because ally condie did have a poetic turn to her writing though at times it was overdone. So when xanders face appears onscreen at her matching ceremony, cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate until she sees ky markhams face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of matched by ally condie, read by kate simses. The main character is seventeenyearold cassia reyes, who is matched with her best friend, xander carrow. The society highly controls each individual to create a. Title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public.
However, i fell in love with someone other than my match. Ally condie used a metaphor on page 314, i will drift away tonight on my dreams. Make matched cake pops and take quizzes to see what vocation youd get assigned. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Conclusion to the new york times bestselling matched trilogy. The society tells her its a glitch, a rare malfunction, and. Tuesday, november, 7pm the kings english launch event rowland hall st. Matched, by ally condie, is the first novel in the matched trilogy. This ones many, many years in the future, right here in what used to be the good ol u. Ally condie s matched trilogy is a new york times best seller and is up for multiple statelevel awards. The first book in a young adult dystopian trilogy published by dutton books.
As she finds herself falling in love with ky, she realizes that the society isnt infallible and she must make a choice between the two. Ally condie s dream casting ally condie shares her dream casting here. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away wait, wrong story. But most teen readers will agree that author condie has crafted a fine addition to the genre. Ally condies matched lives up to hype, awards deseret news.
As the finale to condie s matched trilogy opens, cassia, ky, and. Cassia has always trusted the society to make the right choices for her. Matched by ally condie hardcover book the parent store. The fiction that ally writes is so amazing that it has been produced in almost forty different languages, and her fiction has traveled all around the world. On her seventeenth birthday, cassia meets her match. As author ally condie s unique dystopian society takes chilling measures to maintain the status quo, matched reminds readers that freedom of choice is precious, and not without sacrifice. Book trailer video for matched by ally condie youtube. A 20112010 north carolina young adult book award young adult.
By using similes in the book, the author showed us comparisons in matched of how the things are related. So when he was taken away to be put into a war, i decided that i would go and look for him. Yalsa best fiction for young adults 2011 whitney award youth fictionspeculative, 2010. So when xanders face appears onscreen at her matching ceremony, cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
New york times bestsellingauthor of the young adult book series the matched trilogy. Speculative amazon best books of the month, december 2010 yalsa 2011. Saturday, september 29 austin teen book festival palmer events center photo opportunity in lifesized reached cover image. Matched trilogy series book 3 ally condie author 2012 reached matched trilogy series book 3 ally condie author jack riccobono narrator 2012. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
See the complete matched series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Condies latest book has a broader appeal than her other works, but. In the nation of the society, everyone at the age of 17 gets paired with someone who will be their future wifehusband. Disney takes on matched how could somebody not makes a movie out of this book. Ally condie is a new york times best selling author, and she is considered one of the greatest childrens book writers of all time by publishers weekly. Ally condie has 23 books on goodreads with 1816641 ratings. Reached matched, book 3 kindle edition by condie, ally. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases.
Apr 25, 2019 i am cassia maria reyes, a 18 year old who lives in a nation with a controlling government called the society. I will actually read book 2 because now that the story has moved out of cassias province, maybe the pace will quicken and there will be more external struggle and action. Publishers weekly best childrens books 2010, fiction. Matched party kit for when you decided to have a matched themed party. In this episode of booktalk, i discuss matched, the first book in ally condie s matched series. Ally condie is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction.
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