{"product_id":"made-glorious-9781536244427","title":"Made Glorious","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Sensationally tragic.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRory is an antihero for the ages. Like Shakespeare's Richard III, she confides in her audience, telling us exactly the lengths she'll go to to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academy's senior musical, confessing without shame that she is charming and conniving and brutally ambitious, that we will watch and root for her even as she manipulates and endangers those around her. And we do. Perhaps it's because we don't want to believe that she's as relentless as she claims. Rory is an underdog, after all, a scholarship kid teased for her weight. Surely there will be redemption? Surely our dread and patience will be rewarded? Intricately plotted with an ingenious narrative that blends multiple viewpoints with script excerpts and an original musical score, Lindsay Eagar's whip-smart, precision-crafted, and gleefully compulsive page-turner taps into the dark side of high school theater production. A diabolically good read, it forces our complicity as we wince and cheer for an arresting drama queen who just can't help going full-tilt nasty in the pursuit of her dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindsay Eagar \u003c\/b\u003eis the highly acclaimed author of the young adult novel \u003ci\u003eThe Family Fortuna\u003c\/i\u003e and of the middle-grade novels \u003ci\u003eHour of the Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRace to the Bottom of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bigfoot Files\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Patron Thief of Bread\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in the mountains of Utah with her husband and their two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623676477714,"sku":"9781536244427","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60f18ac8-b12e-42bf-b7a3-c7b3feb425d0.jpg?v=1758644065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/made-glorious-9781536244427","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}