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What The Selection is about
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- America Singer, sixteen, lives in Illéa, a nation split by caste that rose after a war destroyed the United States. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of
- She is chosen for the Selection, a contest among girls for the prince's heart, though her real wish is a future with Aspen, her secret love, who is a caste beneath her. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart
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Topics
- Contests
- Love
- Marriage
- Princes
- Revolutionaries
- Social classes
Reading ages
- Young Adult
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