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Matched Trilogy: Book 2

Crossed (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Ally Condie (Author) (edit contributors)

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In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky— taken by the Society to his certain death—only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.

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The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues .Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.

Characters edit see section history

  • Cassia Reyes: Female protagonist. The society matched her to Xander, but she fell in love with Ky during book 1.
  • Ky Markham: The one Cassia loves. He is an Aberration who was sent to the outer provinces in the last book. He taught Cassia cursive writing. He also is in love with Cassia. He lived in the Outer Provinces when he was a child. He fell in love with her in Book 1, and loved her ever since he met her. Ky is immune to the red tablet.
  • Xander Thomas Carrow: Cassia's match and her best friend. Very good at playing games.
  • Vick: Works with Ky in the Outer Provinces. Kind of like his best friend. Skilled with fishing.
  • Indie: A female aberration working at the same camp as Cassia. She blames her mother for her becoming an aberration. She runs away with Cassia.
  • Eli: A 13-year-old aberration boy that Ky meets in a village of the Outer Provinces while working as a decoy. Eli reminds Ky of Cassia's little brother Bram.
  • Hunter: A farmer who lives in The Carving. Sarah's father.
  • Anna: Leader of the farmers and Catherine's mother, who instructs Hunter to block off the cavern of books.
  • Sarah: Hunter's daughter. She died in the Carving.
  • Catherine: Hunter's wife and Sarah's mom. Died while giving birth to Sarah. Anna's daughter.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Because in the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.”
    Ky Markham
  • “I don't fool myself that I hold her together - she does that on her own - but holding her keeps me from flying apart.”
    Ky Markham
  • “I wish the same thing with Ky, that I could tuck everything beautiful about our relationship inside and seal it up safe, shutting out all the mistakes we've both made”
    Cassia
  • “Maybe only parts of our stories can keep us safe. The whole can feel like too much to bear, whether it's the story of Society or rebellion or a single person.”
    Cassia
  • “Everyone has something of beauty about them. In the beginning for me, it was Ky's eyes I noticed, and I love them still. But loving lets you look, and look, and look again. You notice the back of a hand, the turn of a head, the way of a walk. When you first love, you look blind and you see it all as the glorious, beloved whole, or a beautiful sum of beautiful parts. But when you see the one you love a pieces, as whys - why he walks like this, why he closes his eyes like that - you can love those parts, too, and it's a love at once more complicated and more complete.”
    Cassia
  • “Because once you love, it is gone. You love and you cannot call it back.”
    Cassia
  • “The Society likes to keep things from us, but the wind doesn't care what we know.”
    Ky Markham
  • “I climbed into the dark for you. Are you waiting in the stars for me?”
    Cassia
  • “"I always thought it was safer to bury stuff," Vick says. "Not always," I tell him, remembering the Hill. "Sometimes it's safer to take it as high as you can."”
    Vick and Ky
  • “It takes longer to climb than it does to fall”
    Cassia
  • “I know you meant that you would always remember me, Cassia, but I'm afraid you might forget”
    Ky Markham
  • “Does loving someone mean you want them to be safe? Or that you want them to be able to choose?”
    Ky Markham
  • “I don't fool myself that I hold her together-she does that on her own-but holding her keeps me from flying apart.”
  • “But loving lets you look, and look, and look again. You notice the back of a hand, the turn of a head, the way of a walk. When you first love, you look blind and you see it all as the glorious, beloved whole, or a beautiful sum a beautiful parts.”
  • “You can't ever really kill a river. You can't kill anything that's always moving and changing.”
    Indie
  • “A marathon. That's what you call a run like this. I heard a story about it." "Can you tell it to me?" "You don't want to hear it." "I do." "It was at the end of the world. A message had to be delievered. Someone ran to deliever it. Twenty-six miles. Like us. He made it. Gave the message." "And then they rewarded him? Did an air ship come down and save him?" "No, he delivered his message. Then he died." I start to laugh, which isn't good for saving breath, and Indie laughs, too. "I told you that you wouldn't want to hear it.”
    Indie, Cassia
  • “This is not a game. He's not my opponent and Cassia's not the prize.”
    Ky Markham
  • “How much do we have to show the people we love? What pieces of my life do I have to lay bare, carve out and put before her? Is it enough that I have pointed the way to who I am?”
    Ky Markham
  • ““Death,” I say. “ It’s the one thing they haven’t fully conquered. They want to know more about it.””
  • “"My mother painted with water,"he says "And my father played with fire."”
    Ky Markham
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Organizations edit see section history

  • The Society: The government that controls every aspect of it's people's lives.
  • Hundred Committees: One hundred committees created by the Society to select one hundred items to represent each area of the arts (example: poetry, music, paintings)
  • The Rising: A group of people who are rebelling against the Society
  • The Farmers: A group of people who chose not to join the Society when it first started. Instead, they live apart from Society by growing their own food and building their own townships.

First Sentence edit see section history

I'm standing in a river.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1- 54
Odd Chapters- Ky
Even Chapters- Cassia

Glossary edit see section history

  • Matching Banquet: Once you are 17 or older you will eventually go to the Matching banquet where you will find your most suited partner as decided by the Society.
  • Aberration: A person who has done a minor crime and has been exiled to never have a Match.
  • Anomaly: Rank below an Aberration. Very rare in Cassia's generation.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • A Perfect Society: Even perfection has its flaws.
  • Love triangle: Will Cassia follow her heart with Ky or her head with Xander? Classic conflict of mind and soul.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 4 in Matched Trilogy. (standard series)

Preceded by Matched, and followed by Reached.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Ally Condie (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780525423652
Page Count: 367

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.C7586 Cr 2011 LANDOVR
  • Dewey: J CON

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Vocabulary is manageable for older elementary students, but as always content should be monitered. However, this book is not high on graphic content. Suitable for fifth grade and up.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Matched
  • The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set
  • The Ninth Orphan
  • Divergent
  • Wither
  • Across the Universe
  • Uglies
  • Birthmarked
  • Delirium
  • The Giver
  • Unwind
  • Fiji

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Matched

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • Matched

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