The Glory Girl

By Betsy Byars

Book Overview

Anna Glory, the one non-singing member of a gospel-singing family, feels left out, like her misfit Uncle Newt, until the day the family bus is involved in a terrible accident. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670342610
• ISBN13: 9780670342617
• Release Date: September 1983
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

The Outcast

I recently discovered this book and read it in two days, pacing myself. It's about a young girl named Anna Glory who was the only non-singing member of a family of gospel singers. I can relate to this because my family sings gospel too but I don't because I get stage fright and don't feel as talented as the rest. She was also underappreciated; nobody really noticed her presence, which is how I ofen feel. But an unexpected person from the past, Uncle Newt, showed up for Anna. She had a kinship with him because he was a convict that the family despised. Together, these two outcasts saved the rest of the family from death. This was a..well..interesting portrayal of a family. The twin boys, who one would expect to be really close, always played tricks on each other. Mrs. Glory favored the oldest child, a girl nicknamed "Angel". Mr. Glory lost the "joy of religion" the instant he exited a stage. Not a very Christianlike family. As Newt said, Anna was the best of them. I reccomend "Glory Girl" to anyone who feels as if they don't belong or count in the world.

This book is action packed and good for a rainy day.

This book is about a girl whose family is in a band except for her because she doesn't have talent. She has to sit in the back and sell tapes.She is a middle child and never gets any attention. I like this book because it has a suprise in every chapter. It's also good because it relates to life. It has a good ending.