Genre: Science Fiction (paranormal, dystopian future)
Subjects: Young Adult Fiction - family life, suicide, friendship, photography, clairvoyance, eccentrics, mental illness
Audience: ages 16 & up
Glory O'Brien is graduating high school but she isn't headed to college and doesn't know who she is or what she wants to do with her life. She has never dealt with her mother's suicide when she was four and begins to question her purpose in life. After Glory and her friend Elle drink the remains of a bat, they begin to see the ancestry and future of other people when they look in their eyes. Glory sees a dystopian future in which women do not have any rights. Her vision begins with a war and political unrest in which she is leading a rebellion in her old age. She begins questioning her father about her mother and what happened and looks through her mother's darkroom and her photo albums. She discovers that there was a bad history between her parents and Elle's mom who have created a commune on O'Brien land. Glory decides that she wants a future for herself and her father and encourages her father to move on. They have legal papers drawn up to make Elle's family leave. Glory is ready to move on with her life.
Awards:
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2015 (Winner, 2015)
2015 Andre Norton Award Nominee
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
Bookpage Best YA Book of 2014
Bustle.com Best YA Book of 2014
Mashable Top 10 YA Book of 2014
Winter 2014-2015 Kids' Indie Next List Book
CCBC Choices 2015 List Book
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