![]() ![]() This beautiful, unique novel is told from alternating points of view-Sudasa’s in verse and Kiran’s in prose-allowing readers to experience both characters’ pain and their brave struggle for hope. As the tests advance, Sudasa and Kiran thwart each other at every turn until they slowly realize that they just might want the same thing. ![]() ![]() Sudasa, though, doesn’t want to be a wife, and Kiran, a boy forced to compete in the test to become her husband, has other plans as well. Tired of marrying off their daughters to the highest bidder and determined to finally make marriage fair, the women who form the country of Koyanagar have instituted a series of tests so that every boy has the chance to win a wife. 5 to 1 Hardcover Holly Bodger Author: Holly Bodger Publisher: Random House Childrens Books Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction Topic: People &. ![]() In the year 2054, after decades of gender selection, India now has a ratio of five boys for every girl, making women an incredibly valuable commodity. Part Homeless Bird and part Matched, this is a dark look at the near future told through the alternating perspectives of two teens who dare to challenge the system. 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger 4.0 (3) Hardcover 17.99 Hardcover 17.99 eBook 8. Set over just three days, this novel is a mishmash of tropes that have been done better elsewhere, sophomoric poetry that uses typographic elements for emphasis. ![]()
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