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The core of the book focuses on America getting used to life at the caste, the friends she ends up meeting there, and the prince she finds out isn't as bad as she thought he would be.

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America doesn't want any part in the selection because she already is in a secret relationship with a man of a lower caste. She only agrees to it so that she can help support her family

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A little while after the story begins The Selection, which is a way for the prince or princess of the kingdom to find someone to marry outside of royalty, takes place and America is selected to participate.

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The protagonist of the story is America Singer. She and her family are Fives and are always trying to make ends meet.

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People are organized into social castes from 1-8 with ones being royalty and eights being the poorest of the poor.

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The story takes place some years in the future where the country is ruled by a king and queen