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May 12, 2009 carol lynch willams the chosen one is a dazzling novel about a young teenagers rebellion from the polygamist cult that would have her become the seventh wife to her 60yearold uncle thirteenyearold 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. She has an mfa in writing for children and young adults from vermont college, and won the prestigious penphyllis naylor working writer fellowship. Her most recent book is the novelization of the movie once i was a beehive. The chosen one by carol lynch williams is a thought provoking read that hit my.
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