Glory O'Brien is a high school senior whose mother killed herself when she was four. After she and her friend Ellie drink a mummified bat, they gain the ability to see people's pasts and futures. Glory writes down what she sees, which turns out to be a vision of a second American civil war in which women are denied freedom. A.S. King mixes realistic scenes with the surreal, covering Glory's family secrets, her friendship with Ellie, her photography, and her fears about her own future.
It suits older teens and adults who like young adult fiction that combines humor, feminism, and the strange. Readers who want a novel about how to grow up in the shadow of a parent's death, told in an offbeat voice, will find it fits.
Balanced in tone; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
