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Contributor(s): Bodger, Holly (Author)

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 ISBN: 0385391536     ISBN-13: 9780385391535
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE: $15.29  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Asia
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2014023541
Age Level: 12-UP
Grade Level: 7-UP
Lexile Measure: 680 HL (High-Low)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" L (0.80 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 97
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Booklist 04/01/2015 pg. 64
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 111 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 186657
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Part Homeless Bird and part Matched, this is a dark look at the near future told through the alternating perspectives of two teens who dare to challenge the system.

In the year 2054, after decades of gender selection, India now has a ratio of five boys for every girl, making women an incredibly valuable commodity. Tired of marrying off their daughters to the highest bidder and determined to finally make marriage fair, the women who form the country of Koyanagar have instituted a series of tests so that every boy has the chance to win a wife.

Sudasa, though, doesn't want to be a wife, and Kiran, a boy forced to compete in the test to become her husband, has other plans as well. As the tests advance, Sudasa and Kiran thwart each other at every turn until they slowly realize that they just might want the same thing.

This beautiful, unique novel is told from alternating points of view--Sudasa's in verse and Kiran's in prose--allowing readers to experience both characters' pain and their brave struggle for hope.
 
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