Glory O'Brien's history of the future

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Label

Glory O'Brien's history of the future

Statement of responsibility

a novel by A.S. King

Title variation

Glory OBriens history of the future

Creator

• trueKing, A. S., (Amy Sarig), 1970-

Subject

• trueVisions
• trueSurvivors of suicide victims
• trueFrenemies
• Best friends -- Fiction
• trueMagical realism
• trueFathers and daughters
• Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
• trueBest friends
• trueFeminism
• trueWomen's rights
• trueFriendship
• Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
• trueTeenage girls
• Suicide -- Fiction
• Photography -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Clairvoyance -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueMagical realism

Language

eng

Summary

"As her high school graduation draws near, Glory O'Brien begins having powerful and terrifying visions of the future as she struggles with her long-buried grief over her mother's suicide"--

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueThought-provoking
• trueAngst-filled

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueBrooding
• trueComplex

Award

• Amelia Bloomer List, 2015
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2014
• School Library Journal Best Books: Fiction, 2014
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2015.

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• HL
• 610

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.K5693

LC item number

Glo 2014

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610

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 9
• 12

Target audience

adolescent