#tbt: Matched by Ally Condie

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#tbt celebrates the upcoming 10th anniversary this fall of the publication of Matched by Ally Condie. Matched was Ms. Condie's debut and is book one of a dystopian trilogy of the same name. Crossed and Reached are the sequels. Cassia Reyes is seventeen-year-old who lives in a tightly controlled community run by the Society. She is eagerly awaiting the assignment of her life partner. She's secretly hoping it will be Xander, her best friends and is overjoyed when it is. When she reviews information regarding her match later, it is not Xander's picture on the monitor, but Kai's. Kai is an outcast and not a suitable match. Cassia, whose eye for patterns has placed her on a career path to becoming a sorter, is intrigued. She's intrigued by Kai. She wonders if the Match system is flawed. She begins questioning everything about the Society.

If you enjoy dystopian literature, check out the Matched trilogy.