Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
β Scribed by A. S. King
- Book ID
- 108266212
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0316222747
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β¦ Synopsis
Would you try to change the world if you thought it had no future? Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities β but not for Glory, who has no plan for what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and sheβs 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 personβs infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visionsβand what she sees ahead of her is terrifying. A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Womenβs 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 sheβll do everything in her power to make sure this one doesnβt come to pass. 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 lastβa girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.
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