"An extremely disturbing and dark story about using young people as suicide bombers."
Grace
By: Elizabeth Scott
Genres: Young Adult Paranormal
Posted: September 9, 2010
Escaping death while her bomb kills 34 people, Grace chooses to live and begins her trek by train to flee the control of self-imposed leader Keran Berj. Accompanying Grace to the border is Jerusha, who was responsible in condemning his parents to death. Both are seeking freedom after questioning the purpose of their own existence.
I found GRACE to be an extremely disturbing and dark book. Indicated as an appropriate book for ages 14 and up, I would not be pleased to have my child read this. It is intended to be an awakening, I believe, for identifying personal worth and value in a human being, but it was a confusing read.
Book Summary
Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom. In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that delivered her uncertain fate.
Told in spare, powerful prose by acclaimed author Elizabeth Scott, this tale of a dystopian near future will haunt readers long after theyAve reached the final page.
by: Elizabeth Scott
Dutton Books
September 1, 2010
On Sale: September 16, 2010
Featuring: Grace
208 pages
ISBN: 0525422064
EAN: 9780525422068
Hardcover