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The novel Matched was published by Dutton Penguin in November 2010 and reached number three on the Children's Chapter Books bestseller list in January. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Previously working with a small, Utah-based publisher ( Deseret Book Co. ), Condie took her manuscript to Penguin Random House, after being advised to do so from her director ...
The Book Authority included Sullivan's The Bundy Murders on its list of "20 Best Murder Biography Books of All Time." [5] Portions of Sullivan's biography of Bundy are included in the college textbook Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders, by Susan Krauss Whitbourne and published by McGraw-Hill in November 2012. [6]
Matched received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, who praised Condie for "[peeling] back layer after dystopic layer at breakneck speed". The reviewers noted its similarity to The Giver but said it is "a fierce, unforgettable page-turner in its own right". [ 5 ]
After two novels and a separate short story collection, Katherine Heiny is back with “Games and Rituals,” a delightful bundle of offbeat dramedy fiction. Heiny grabs readers from the jump in ...
Reached is a 2012 young adult dystopian novel by Allyson Braithwaite Condie and is the final novel in the Matched Trilogy, preceded by Matched and Crossed. [1] The novel was published on November 13, 2012, by Dutton Juvenile and was set to have a first printing of 500,000 copies. [2]
After its Emmy-winning fourth season, "The Crown" returns to Netflix for a fifth go at Queen Elizabeth II and her royal family and proves more audacious and addictive than ever. The real Queen ...
At about 5:30 p.m. that night, Casolaro happened to meet Mike Looney who rented the room next to Casolaro's room 517. They chatted on two occasions—first at about 5:30 p.m. and then again at about 8:00 p.m. Looney later explained, "[Casolaro] said he was there to meet an important source who was going to give him what he needed to solve the ...
Fascinating backroom politics circa WWII are undermined by banal marital melodrama in Danish director Christina Rosendahl’s “The Good Traitor,” resulting in a so-so period drama that raises ...