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With 35 girls and only one prince, the Selection could be the opportunity of a lifetime for one very special girl, but the battle is fierce and the competitors are ruthless. If the stress of the Selection doesn’t get you first, the girls will. The Selection is an aggressive battle for the prince’s heart and the queen’s crown, and it is every girl’s dream to be in it. America Singer is a free-spirited-high-tempered ginger in the running for the Selection, and seemingly the only girl in her country who doesn’t want to be. But despite her hidden love back home and her initial idea of the prince, she learns more about who he really is and she finds herself falling more in love with him everyday. Furthermore, the title of this book, The Selection, …show more content…
This selection causes change in the lives of the contestants, the royal family, and the public. The characters in the book are under a constant struggle to conform to the typical actions of a queen, but for America, it’s just not her personality. One example of America’s outrageous behavior is toward the prince, the book states, “Knee-jerk reaction. Literally. I kneed His Majesty in the thigh. Hard”(Cass, 145). This truly shows just how un-fit America’s personality is in comparison to the other, more indulgent girls. Likewise, the selection of the new queen has whole royal family in a knot. The king wants the new queen to be viewed well by the public, the queen wants her to be kind but not indulgent, and the prince just wants her to love him eternally. Of course, with such high demands, they cannot have all three, and something has to give. Finally, the public has a huge say in the future queen. Granted, prince Maxon is dismayed that the public favorite is not who he wants it to be. Maxon describes, “Well, you’ve seen my choices. Marlee is a favorite with the people, and that cannot be overlooked”(Cass, 319). This clearly stating that although he wants to select America as his new queen, he can’t deny that the new queen must be wanted and trusted by the
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