Genre and Themes: Young Adult Science Fiction - suicide, friendship, family, dystopia, feminism
Glory O' Brien is a teenage girl who is finishing high school but has made no plans for her future. Her mother committed suicide when she was little but she never really grasped it and it seemed that neither did her father. Time passes and Glory begins reading some of her mother's diaries. At first they don't make any sense until one night she drinks a mix that contains a dead bat. This drink opens her mind up to being able to see her ancestry and her future. In both time periods she sees people suffering, particularly women. She then makes an effort to warn others about the forthcomings to prevent the disaster she saw and other tragedies like her mother's suicide.
Awards Won by This Title:
2015 NAIBA Book of the Year (Children's Literature and Young Adult)
2015 Andre Norton Award Nominee
2015 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner
2015 Indie Choice Book Award Honor Book
Kirkus Best YA Book of 2014
Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014
School Library Journal Best Book of 2014
2015 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book
Boston Globe Best YA Book of 2014
2014 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens
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