# The Grace Year - Hardcover

by **Kim Liggett** (Author)

**The Instant _New York Times_ Bestseller!** **Kim Liggett's _The Grace Year_ is a speculative thriller in the vein of _The Handmaid's Tale_ and _The Power_.  
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**Survive the year.  
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No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That's why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life--a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it's not just the brutal elements they must fear. It's not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

With sharp prose and gritty realism, _The Grace Year_ examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

"A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner." - Libba Bray, _New York Times_ bestselling author

### Author Biography

Kim Liggett is the _New York Times_ and International bestselling author of _The Grace Year_, a Target, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million Book Club Pick, along with Amazon Editor's Young Adult Book of the Year for 2019, and winner of the 2020 Nous a Libre Prize for Young Adult Literature. Published in over twenty languages and counting, _The Grace Year_ continues to captivate readers of all ages from around the globe. Also an acclaimed horror writer, she is the author of _The Last Harvest_, winner of the 2018 Bram Stoker Award for Young Adult Literature, _The Unfortunates_, a YALSA quick pick for reluctant readers, and the Blood and Salt Duology. Originally from the rural midwest and a proud New Yorker for over twenty years, Liggett now resides in Los Angeles in a house covered with red flowers, where she happily tends to her hummingbird army.

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** October 08, 2019

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Grace Year

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 5.5

**Point Value:** 16

## Details

- **Price:** 21.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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