After contemplating, Nicoletta finally accepts this request, as she wants her country to support the future of Illéa, a possible ally. When they meet each other, Georgia explains to Nicoletta the goals of the Northern rebels and asks her to fund their weapons so they can fight the Southerners. America shares with Maxon her plan about the tea party: she invites the Italian princess Nicoletta and Georgia. They all manage to escape and return to the palace, but America is shot in her right arm, a non-fatal wound, which Anne and Marlee help to clean and stitch up.Ī tea party will be held and each of the Elite has to invite two guests.
When they leave, they are attacked by a group of Southern rebels with guns. He asks Maxon for weapons so that the Northerners can fight the Southerners, something that Maxon has to think carefully about. August reveals that there are already three hundred Twos dead around the country by Southerners. Aspen and Officer Avery take them to August and Georgia's home. She apologizes to America for the bad things she has done during the Selection and they become friendlier with each other.Īmerica asks the help of Aspen to get her and Maxon to meet August. She needs the crown's fame more than she needs Maxon's love. Celeste admits that she is jealous of her and afraid of her own future, because her career as a model will finish when she grows older. One morning, America finds Celeste crying alone in the library, because of the sudden popularity America gained after the last Report.
America realizes that she really loves Maxon, but doesn't admit it to him. Dancing under the rain, they kiss passionately. America encourages the people of Illéa to fight back the rebels.ĭuring a date with Maxon, he takes her up to the roof of the palace, where they both get wet under the rain and share secrets with each other. America, although she supports their goals, is also angry that they want her as their pawn.ĭuring The Report, the King announces publicly that the rebels are now attacking people by caste, the castes of the four Elites, starting from the Twos and working their way down to Fives. Maxon refuses to let them force him into this decision. When Maxon asks him what exactly they want from him, if not money, August says that they want him to choose America as his wife, as they admire her for every brave thing she has done. The Southerners, however, want to kill off the royal family, take over Illéa, and leave all of the people in the lower castes in the same place they are now, although making promises to change their lives. They only want nominated officials and an end to the castes. He insists that the Northern rebels actually support the monarchy and especially Maxon. August is a direct descendant of Illéa's founder, Gregory Illéa, but he doesn't want the crown. America recognizes her as the girl who saw her hiding up in a tree in The Elite, and bowed to her, during a previous rebel attack. They introduce themselves as August Illéa and his fiancée Georgia Whitaker.
Two leaders of the Northern rebels, a man and a woman, arrive at the palace, taking advantage of the King's absence for a business trip in France, and demands to speak secretly to Maxon and America. When America returns to her room, she finds a letter from her sister May informing her of the birth of their niece, Astra, Kenna and James's daughter. The book begins with another rebel attack occurring, though it's very brief and non-violent. and she's prepared to fight for the future she wants.įind out who America will choose in The One, the enchanting, beautifully romantic third book in the Selection series! Summary Since she entered the competition to become the next princess of Illéa, America has struggled with her feelings for her first love, Aspen-and her growing attraction to Prince Maxon. The Selection changed America Singer's life in ways she never could have imagined.
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