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GLORY O'BRIEN'S HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

A.S. King

In this masterpiece about freedom, feminism, and destiny, Printz Honor author A.S. King tells the epic story of a girl coping with devastating loss at long last--a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.

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. A.S. King is the author of the highly acclaimed Reality Boy; Ask the Passengers, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner; Everybody Sees the Ants; and the Edgar Award nominated, Michael L. Printz Honor book Please Ignore Vera Dietz. She is also the author of The Dust of 100 Dogs, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. When asked about her writing, King says, "Some people don't know if my characters are crazy or if they are experiencing something magical. I think that's an accurate description of how I feel every day." She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and children.

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Book Published 2014-10-14 by Little, Brown Books for Young Reader

Comments

King’s distinctive approach to fashioning a story of adolescent strife results in a book that’s not only thoroughly original but also uniquely compelling and deeply memorable.

In trademark King style, the chapters alternate between daily life and troubled future, despair and humor, rage and acceptance.

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.

A.S. King is one of the best Y.A. writers working today. She captures the disorientation of adolescence brilliantly.

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.

This beautifully strange, entirely memorable book will stay with readers.

As with King’s other protagonists, Glory’s narration is simultaneously bitter, prickly, heartbreaking, inwardly witty and utterly familiar, even as the particulars of her predicament are unique.

Wickedly clever... a genre-busting battlefield of a book.

A.S. King’s GLORY O’BRIEN’S HISTORY OF THE FUTURE has been nominated for a Nebula Award for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read more...

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"

A novel full of provocative ideas and sharply observed thoughts about the pressures society places on teenagers, especially girls.

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.

The characters will stay with readers long after they finish the novel... Highly recommended.