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Crossed

Ally Condie

  • 368 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2011
  • 23 editions
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1 About this book

Crossed is a young adult novel written by Allyson Braithwaite Condie. It is the sequel to Matched and the second book in the Matched trilogy, which concludes with Reached. Told in the alternating perspectives of Cassia and Ky, the novel is largely set in a desert canyon which was inspired by Condie's experience growing up in southern Utah.

The plot follows Cassia and Ky's respective journeys to find each other again in the outer provinces as they begin to learn of a growing rebellion against the Society. Reception to the novel was mixed and the novel reached The New York Times bestseller's list for children's chapter books.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: fantasy and dystopian fiction.

  • Fantasy
  • Marriage
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Adventure
  • Courage
  • Personal growth
  • Resistance to Government
  • Teenagers

2 About Ally Condie

Born 1978

Allyson Braithwaite Condie (born November 2, 1978) is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction. Her novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, and spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List. The sequels (Crossed and Reached) are also New York Times bestsellers. Matched was chosen as one of YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten and named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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