Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
Autor A. S. Kingen Paperback – iun 2015 – vârsta de la 15 ani
Graduating
from
high
school
is
a
time
of
limitless
possibilities--but
not
for
Glory,
who
has
no
plan
for
what's
next.
Her
mother
committed
suicide
when
Glory
was
only
four
years
old,
and
she's
never
stopped
wondering
if
she
will
eventually
go
the
same
way...until
a
transformative
night
when
she
begins
to
experience
an
astonishing
new
power
to
see
a
person's
infinite
past
and
future.
From
ancient
ancestors
to
many
generations
forward,
Glory
is
bombarded
with
visions--and
what
she
sees
ahead
of
her
is
terrifying:
A
tyrannical
new
leader
raises
an
army.
Women's
rights
disappear.
A
violent
second
civil
war
breaks
out.
And
young
girls
vanish
daily,
sold
off
or
interned
in
camps.
Glory
makes
it
her
mission
to
record
everything
she
sees,
hoping
her
notes
will
somehow
make
a
difference.
She
may
not
see
a
future
for
herself,
but
she'll
do
anything
to
make
sure
this
one
doesn't
come
to
pass.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316222730
ISBN-10: 0316222739
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10: 0316222739
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Colecția Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Notă biografică
A.S.
King
is
the
author
of
the
highly
acclaimedReality
Boy;Ask
the
Passengers,
aLos
Angeles
TimesBook
Prize
winner;Everybody
Sees
the
Ants;
and
the
Edgar
Award
nominated,
Michael
L.
Printz
Honor
bookPlease
Ignore
Vera
Dietz.
She
lives
in
Pennsylvania
with
her
husband
and
children.
Recenzii
"Wickedly
clever...a
genre-busting
battlefield
of
a
book."—Bestselling
author
Rick
Yancey
for
The
New
York
Times
* "This beautifully strange, entirely memorable book will stay with readers."—School Library Journal, starred review
*"Not only thoroughly original but also uniquely compelling and deeply memorable."—Horn Book, starred review
* "A novel full of provocative ideas and sharply observed thoughts about the pressures society places on teenagers, especially girls."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "An indictment of our times with a soupçon of magical realism.... Will inspire a new wave of activists."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "King performs an impressive balancing act here, juggling the magic realism of Glory's visions with her starkly realistic struggle.... [A] powerful, moving, and compellingly complex coming-of-age story."—Booklist, starred review
* "King continues to be one of the most original (yet accessible) YA writers today, and the magical realism element accentuates the humanity of the narrative."—The Bulletin, starred review
"This book reminds you to get scared. It reminds you that battles fought aren't always won, that history repeats itself, that what we take for granted can easily be dismantled."—"Birthday by Birthday, a Starter Library for Young Feminists"--BNTeenblog
"You won't be able to put down this futuristic story about a girl who starts having visions of both the past and the future-in which she sees an end to women's rights and a civil war between sexes."—Teen Vogue
"The characters will stay with readers long after they finish the novel....Highly recommended."—VOYA
"Glory is a wry, occasionally acerbic narrator, exhibiting the balance of truth-telling and blindness so common to smart teens. In trademark King style, the chapters alternate between daily life and troubled future, despair and humor, rage and acceptance."—Shelf Awareness
* "This beautifully strange, entirely memorable book will stay with readers."—School Library Journal, starred review
*"Not only thoroughly original but also uniquely compelling and deeply memorable."—Horn Book, starred review
* "A novel full of provocative ideas and sharply observed thoughts about the pressures society places on teenagers, especially girls."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "An indictment of our times with a soupçon of magical realism.... Will inspire a new wave of activists."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "King performs an impressive balancing act here, juggling the magic realism of Glory's visions with her starkly realistic struggle.... [A] powerful, moving, and compellingly complex coming-of-age story."—Booklist, starred review
* "King continues to be one of the most original (yet accessible) YA writers today, and the magical realism element accentuates the humanity of the narrative."—The Bulletin, starred review
"This book reminds you to get scared. It reminds you that battles fought aren't always won, that history repeats itself, that what we take for granted can easily be dismantled."—"Birthday by Birthday, a Starter Library for Young Feminists"--BNTeenblog
"You won't be able to put down this futuristic story about a girl who starts having visions of both the past and the future-in which she sees an end to women's rights and a civil war between sexes."—Teen Vogue
"The characters will stay with readers long after they finish the novel....Highly recommended."—VOYA
"Glory is a wry, occasionally acerbic narrator, exhibiting the balance of truth-telling and blindness so common to smart teens. In trademark King style, the chapters alternate between daily life and troubled future, despair and humor, rage and acceptance."—Shelf Awareness