Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 288
Published: 2015
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book has been graded for interest at 15 years.
There are 288 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2015 by Little, Brown & Company .
A. S. King is the author of the 2011 Printz Honor Book Please Ignore Vera Dietz (Knopf, 2010) and The Dust of 100 Dogs (Flux, 2009). Her short fiction, poetry and nonfiction have been widely published, and several of her stories have won awards including a nomination for the Best New American Voices anthology
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Ages 14+
This book was recognised in the Ages 14+ category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens.
Indies Choice Book Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Indies Choice Book Award.
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award.
Cybils Award - Speculative Fiction
This book was recognised in the Speculative Fiction category by the Cybils Award. The Cybils Awards is a group of readers passionate about seeking out and recognizing books that represent diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation for children and teens. To accomplish that goal, the Cybils Awards works to recognize books written for children and young adults that combine both the highest literary merit and popular appeal.
Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.
Rhode Island Book Awards - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
"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
* "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
* "An indictment of our times with a soup on of magical realism.... Will inspire a new wave of activists."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review