Glory #1

by Jodi Lynn

Glory is a girl that lives in an old fashioned, very religious, isolated Appalachian town. The children are taught that anyone not of their town is full of evil. Glory doesn't fit well in her town since she is a tom boy. She is judged and punished for this a lot. Life is bearable though because she has Katie as a best friend. Then she gets Katie and herself into some trouble that she can't get out of. She has to drink a "poison" and be banished. She is dead to all that live there, and they drive her out.


I'm anxious to read Glory #2, but I find myself thinking a lot about the parents in this book. How could they have the strength (or weakness) to shun their own child? To allow her to be cast out into a blizzard wearing only a thin dress, shoes, and a cloak. I wouldn't care what my child did....I'd be taking her and moving out of that town!