Carol Lynch Willams' The Chosen One is a dazzling novel about a young teenager's rebellion from the polygamist cult that would have her become the seventh wife to her 60-year-old uncle Thirteen-year-old 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. That is, without questioning them much---if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle---who already has six wives---Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever. "“[Lamia's] powerful performance of THE CHOSEN ONE brings its 13-year-old protagonist to vivid life.” ―AudioFile “With dramatic pauses and emotive voice, Jenna Lamia delivers a captivating read, making the listener yearn for more.” ―Parents' Choice Awards, Parents' Choice 2009 Recommended Award Winner “Narrator Jenna Lamia brings passion and dignity to Kyra, her sisters, and even the strict elders who want all the girls for themselves...Lamia's voices sounds believably young and brings surprising gravity to this ripped-from-the-headlines story.” ―AudioFile “Jenna Lamia strikes just the right note between innocence and a growing sense of rebellion in her characterization of Kyra...” ―Kirkus Reviews “Narrator Jenna Lamia's searing, poignant performance will stay with listeners long after the book ends as she draws listeners in and never lets go, making them feel as if Kyra is living with them as they hear her story...Outstanding.” ―Sound Commentary “From the opening of The Chosen One, the audiobook for which she won her recent Audie, listeners will identify with Jenna's well-rounded portrayal of the protagonist, Kyra, a young woman trapped in a cult.” ―AudioFile “Jenna Lamia...does a pitch-perfect version of Kyra.” ―Kidlit.com “Jenna Lamia's vocal interpretation pitches just the right tone for a dutiful but independent 13-year-old chafing against the rules that allow her no privacy – a conflict any teenager can understand.” ―Newsday “The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams captivated me frm the moment I started listening to it. If you have tweens or teens in your house, the audiobook would be a perfect way to while away a few hours on a roadtrip, or to enjoy as a family in the evenings as an alternative to the boob tube.” ―5minutesforbooks.com “The reading of the unabridged audiobook by Jenna Lamia is dramatically right.” ―Metapsychology “Jenna Lamia brings the perfect tone and emotions to thirteen-year-old Kyra and enables the listeners to hear her adness, anger, and love for her family.” ―Forever a Young Adult “…this is a heart pounder, and readers will be held, especially as the danger escalates. Williams' portrayals of the family are sharp, but what's most interesting about this book is how the yearnings and fears of a character so far from what most YAs know will still seem familiar and close.” ―Booklist “The Chosen One makes the heart race, the teeth grind, and the brow bead up in sweat. Carol Lynch Williams presents a first-person narrative that gallops just behind--or perhaps in advance of--contemporary headlines about the manipulation of the innocent. I could choose no other book or newspaper until I had finished the final page.” ―Gregory Maguire, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked and A Lion Among Men “A powerful and heartbreaking novel of love and hope. One girl's poignant journey as she struggles to find herself and, ultimately, the truth.” ―Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries and Airhead “The Chosen One is absolutely riveting and perfectly formed. I had planned to read just a few pages one evening before bed, and I ended up staying awake until four in the morning to finish it! It's a wonderful book.” ―Cynthia Kadohata, winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal for Kira-Kira “In this extraordinary story, Carol Lynch Williams probes the deepest wells of the heart. Against the intertwining prism of faith and love she gives us Kyra, a young woman who meets head-on the power of both to simultaneously buoy and corrupt the human spirit. The Chosen One is brave, its plumb is true, it's a masterpiece.” ―Kathi Appelt, author of The Underneath, Finalist for the 2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature “Carol Lynch Williams' chilling novel of life in a polygamous sect is both harrowing in its unsparing realism and hopeful in its reaffirmation of the power that books and reading have to change and redeem lives at risk. An important book, sure to provoke spirited discussion.” ―Michael Cart, Booklist columnist and former president, Young Adult Library Services Association “Powerful and unforgettable, The Chosen One will break