Made Glorious (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536204674)

In a vicious, delicious contemporary novel inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III, the lauded author of The Family Fortuna lifts the curtain on a high school thespian who'll stop at nothing to land the lead.

Rory 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.

Author: Lindsay Eagar
ISBN-10: 1536204676
ISBN-13: 9781536204674
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2024
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2024
Booklist 03/15/2024 pg. 63
School Library Journal 04/01/2024 pg. 136