Made Glorious (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781536244427)

"Sensationally tragic." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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: 1536244422
ISBN-13: 9781536244427
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2025
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs