Matched was chosen as on of YALSA’s 2011 Teens’ Top Ten and named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Children’s Book of 2011.Īlly is also the author of Atlantia, a New York Times bestseller, and Summerlost, a finalist for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery. The sequels to the trilogy, Crossed and Reached, are also on the NY Times bestsellers list. The author of young adult and middle grade fiction, Ally’s novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller. The Pandemic – and yes there’s one in the 3 rd book, written over 6 years ago.Teenagers, women, choices and waking up.

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Best dresses, red carpet and the dark side.Our conversation covered these questions and so much more: How did the idea for Matched come about? And why the young adult audience? I had the privilege to talk with Ally recently. This week’s conversation is with Ally Condie The first in a series of three, it has been compared to ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight’. Matched, a dystopian young adult novel has been read by a wider readership than the young adult population. The difference: The last year was real and full of fear. What do they have in common? The word ‘dystopian’ comes to mind: ‘relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead fearful lives’. It didn’t seem possible that a year later we would have a chance to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Last week marked the 1 year anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic lockdown. And the first in what would become a trilogy. Matched was on the list for more than a year. This past November marked the 10 year anniversary of the release of Utah author Ally Condie’s Matched, #1 New York Times bestseller. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio Reunion, the final book in the Yearbook trilogy, is a novel about the journeys home that become possible after you ve discovered more about yourself.Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 30:35 | Recorded on March 16, 2021 As she makes new friends and encounters new people, she also can t help but think about someone she left behind.

Cate Giovanni is a freshman in college, and enjoying the chance to reinvent herself and leave her high school years behind. He doesn t want to go on a mission, and he s not sure how to break the news to his parents. Sam Choi is one of Addie s best friends, and he has a few secrets of his own.

Addie has to hide her resentment over having to help her sister in law when there are plenty of things going on in her own life that need her attention. When Dave s wife, Avery, needs help during a difficult pregnancy, Dave calls on Addie. She s just Addie, a high school junior who is convinced that she has nothing in common with the rest of her outgoing family, including her brother Dave. Addie Sherman isn t popular, she’s not exuberant, and she s not known as the class clown.

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