Allyson Braithwaite Condie Boeken

Ky is door de Unie afgevoerd naar een wisse dood in de Buitenprovincies. Cassia reist hem achterna en komt er al snel achter dat hij heeft kunnen ontsnappen en een spoor van aanwijzingen heeft achtergelaten. Cassia's zoektocht zet haar bestaan op losse schroeven - zeker als ze ziet dat er ook een leven búíten de Unie mogelijk is. Misleiding, ontrouw en bedrog plaveien het kronkelige pad waarover Cassia haar weg moet zien te vinden. Aan de grenzen van de Unie is niets wat het lijkt.

''Ik vind dat mensen moeten kunnen kiezen wie hun Match wordt'', zeg ik zwak. ''Hoe ver moet dat gaan, Cassia?'' Haar stem klinkt kalm en redelijk. ''Straks vind je nog dat mensen ook moeten kunnen kiezen hoeveel kinderen ze krijgen, of waar ze willen wonen. Of wanneer ze willen sterven''. In de Unie is alles zo geregeld dat de inwoners nauwelijks hoeven na te denken en een gelukkig leven kunnen leiden onder het toeziend oog van de Autoriteiten. Cassia heeft nooit vraagtekens geplaatst bij de keuzes die voor haar worden gemaakt: van de gedichten die ze mag lezen tot de man met wie ze zal trouwen. Maar dan gaat er iets mis... De perfecte Unie maakt een fout, met grote gevolgen voor het leven van Cassia. Opeens blijkt de Unie helemaal niet zo veilig en onschuldig te zijn - en de Autoriteiten zijn niet gediend van kritische onderdanen. Een zinderende verontrustende toekomstroman, Meeslepend, indringend en onvergetelijk, Matched laat je niet meer los.

A young child uses mindfulness and an awareness of their five senses to stay grounded while experiencing difficult emotions and bad days

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“[A] superb dystopian romance.” – The Wall Street Journal “Strong feminist ideals and impressive writing that’s bound to captivate.” – The Los Angeles Times In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted the Society’s choices. And when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, she is certain he’s the one—until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now she is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s ever known and a path no has dared to follow . . . between perfection and the truth. Look for the sequel, CROSSED, and the epic series finale, REACHED!

The final thrilling part of the New York Times bestselling trilogy, REACHED is the sequel to MATCHED and CROSSED by Ally Condie. After leaving the Society and desperately searching for each other - and the Rising - Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for, but at the cost of losing each other yet again. But nothing is as predicted, and all too soon the veil lifts and things shift once again . . .In the gripping conclusion to the bestselling MATCHED trilogy Cassia, Ky, and Xander return to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long: the power to choose.

The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie, a recent divorcee's exclusive Big Sur resort vacation unravels when she discovers a dead body on the day of a wedding.

Set within a civilization that lives deep beneath the sea, twin sisters, Rio and Bay, are about to make the most important decision of their lives. Will they choose to stay Below, sacrificing their soul but living in happiness, or to go Above, keeping their soul but living in weakness and misery. No one could have predicted their choice.

Who do you become when you have nothing left to lose? There is something Poe Blythe, the seventeen-year-old captain of the Outpost's last mining ship, wants far more than the gold they tear from the Serpentine River. Revenge.Poe has vowed to annihilate the river raiders who robbed her of everything two years ago. But as she navigates the treacherous waters of the Serpentine and realizes there might be a traitor among her crew, she must also reckon with who she has become, who she wants to be, and the ways love can change and shape you. Even - and especially - when you think all is lost.

Rio dreams of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia and living in the world Above. But all Rio's hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, leaving Rio stranded Below. Atlantia is crumbling. Guided by an unlikely mentor, Rio begins to ask treacherous questions about her destiny, her home and the corrupted system that governs the Divide between land and sea. Her life - and the fate of her city - depends on Rio listening to the voices of the past, and her willingness to speak the forgotten truth. Acclaim for Matched- 'Unmissable.' Marie Clarie'The hottest YA title to hit bookstores since The Hunger Games.'Entertainment Weekly