Matched By: Ally Condie

     This week I read the book Matched by Ally Condie.  This book takes place in the far future.  People act differently, dress differently, and live differently. The government felt that the world was to complicated.  In order to create a fresh start, they got rid of everything.  They burned old books, poems, and newspapers. They got rid of old history and religions.  Any old artifact you can think of was gone-except certain items. The government wanted to demolish everything in order to create a more peaceful and safer place for everyone.  This included getting rid of all illnesses and diseases.
     This new government consisted of matching everyone up with a pair.  In other words, people could no longer choose who they would date or marry. At the age of seventeen you would go to your match banquet to find out who you would spend the rest of your life with.  The government would also decide how many children you would have, what job you will have, and where you will live. The government would decide everything for you in order to live in peace.
    On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia, attends her match banquet.  She finds out that her match is one of her best friends, Xander.  Cassia is given a microchip with all of the information she needs to know about her match.  But when she looks to see what the microchip says, Xander's face does not show up.  Her childhood friend Ky's does.  Cassia is worried and confused but does whatever it takes to get to the bottom of it.  So, who will Cassia fall for?  Xander or Ky?