100 pages into Matched by Ally Condie

I’m about 100 pages into Matched, a book quite beloved by many of my students these last seasons.  So far, I enjoy the straightforward narrative voice, the basic premise of the rigid society, and the sense that this Society is on a grand scale — there are reasons for why the Society “chose” to become this way.  The idea of IT as a counteraction of an information-overloaded world culture definitely will resonate with many young readers.  I am curious as to where Condie takes the tale and me next.