Bibliography:

Condie, A. (2010). Matched. New York, NY. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Dutton Books for Young Readers.  

Plot Summary: 

Seventeen year old Cassia, lives in a Society where everything is controlled. She lives an ordinary life until the day of her match. She is excited to see Xanders face on the screen when it is her turn, but everything changes when she sees Ky’s face on her microcard. Cassia is then sent into a world of secrecy and fighting for the love of her life.  

Critical Analysis: 

This title’s genre is Fantastical Fiction with a subgenre of Science Fiction. The setting is depicted as a futuristic world where technology is advanced. For example, the people in this world travel by an air train and air car, food is brought by a chime system and people communicate using a portscreen. The plot of the novel was set as a dystopian element. This is because in Cassia’s world every aspect of the people’s lives in the novel are being controlled by the Officials. The Officials control everything and everyone in the novel. The plot follows that narrative throughout the novel and that is what gives the novel its raising action. 

Strengths: The ability of the author to create a dystopian world was an excellent plot. This novel also has two more books that follow Cassia’s journey. Crossed and  Reached are the next two novels. 

Weaknesses: The novel was well written and no weaknesses were found. 

Connections: This novel follows the same dystopian element as the novel titled The Giver by Lois Lowry. 

Review excerpt (Booklist)

By Courtney Jones 

https://www.booklistonline.com/Matched-Ally-Condie/pid=4136696