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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights an upcoming release I'm eagerly anticipating. 

This week I'm waiting on...

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
by A.S. King
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: October 14, 2014

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 everything in her power to make sure this one doesn’t 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 last—a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.

I've always meant to read A.S. King and this book sounds like a great place to start. 

1 comments:

Shane said...

This sounds like an intense read. Thanks for sharing. Hope we both read it soon :)

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday: Waiting on Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights an upcoming release I'm eagerly anticipating. 

This week I'm waiting on...

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
by A.S. King
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: October 14, 2014

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 everything in her power to make sure this one doesn’t 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 last—a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.

I've always meant to read A.S. King and this book sounds like a great place to start. 

1 comment:

  1. This sounds like an intense read. Thanks for sharing. Hope we both read it soon :)

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Thank you, comments are appreciated :)