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5 Reasons to Add The Grace Year to Your Library

September 6, 2020

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett is a hauntingly beautiful dystopian story about female relationships, societal expectations, and rebellion that needs to be added to your classroom library. 

The fine folk of Garner County know that women have magic. They have the power to bewitch men, madden other women, and disrupt civilized society. That’s why every girl has her grace year: a period where she and her cohorts are sent out to expel their magic. But it’s forbidden to talk about the grace year. So they have no way of preparing for what’s coming. 

This is a book that will absolutely captivate you and your young adult students. The themes within Liggett’s tale are complex, but relevant. I urge you to put a copy of The Grade Year into your classroom library (assuming your teaching environment is not too conservative).

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The Grace Year Is A Dark Dystopia

We know that teens love dystopian fiction. For this reason alone you should grab The Grace Year for your classroom library. Students who loved The Hunger Games will be more than ready for this one!

The Grace Year opens up with two quotes: one from The Handmaid’s Tale and one from Lord of the Flies. As you read, it becomes clear just how fitting these quotes are. In fact, the novel reads like an all-female mash-up of the two.

Garner County’s ideas about women aren’t too far off from The Handmaid’s Tale. Women are treated like property. If they don’t marry or can’t bear children, they’re worthless. The highest honor is to marry and produce a son; the lowest are cast-off to the outskirts, where they made do on nothing and serve as prostitutes to the county men.

During the grace year, the girls who have just reached a marriable age are all sent out into the wilderness together. You’d think that they’d work together to survive or even just enjoy the freedom they finally have together out in the woods.

Alas, their own beliefs about themselves, their value, and their roles in society follow them into the forest. During the grace year, the biggest threat may not be the poachers, who hunt them like prey, or the ghosts of grace year girls before them. 

The biggest threat could be each other.

The Grace Year Offers A Compelling, Female Protagonist For Your Classroom Library

Our classroom libraries need more strong women and wow, does The Grace Year provide!

Tierney James, the protagonist of The Grace Year, is a main character we can all root for. She’s never been a big fan of the behave, get married, have lots of children plan that the rest of the world seems to want for her.

Instead, she spent her adolescence breaking the rules, learning survival skills from her father, and attempting to be as unattractive as possible to men on the lookout for good wives.

Unlike the other girls, she doesn’t dream of a husband. Instead, she longs to become a laborer, so she can spend time growing plants in the fields and working with her hands under the sun.

She thought her best friend understood that. When he gets in the way of her plans, Tierney can’t help but feel betrayed. 

As she goes into her grace year, she is ostracized by the other girls. Yet, she has the skills and knowledge that they’ll need to survive a year in the woods. 

At no point does Tierney give up or back down. When others lose their head, she grasps even harder onto rationale and logic. 

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The Grace Year Examines Complex Female Relationships

As much as The Grace Year is a novel screaming out against the patriarchy, it’s ultimately a story about female relationships. 

Liggett does not shy away from how cruel girls can be to one another. At the beginning of the novel, the girls are as catty, cliquey, and mean as can be. They are overrun with fear and jealousy.

This novel encompasses the full spectrum of female relationships, from family to friends. It even touches on romantic relationships between women.

The women in Tierney’s family seem almost as cruel. Her mother constantly pushes Tierney to behave properly, while her sisters are proud of their marriages and never speak of their own grace year. Tierney doesn’t feel supported by them but instead feels that they willfully ignore her hopes and aspirations.

Throughout the novel, Tierney comes to learn that together, women can achieve great things. They can dismantle ancient patriarchal norms. 

But the novel doesn’t with everyone happy and friends either. Liggett offers hope and possibility, without giving readers the turnaround in character behavior that feels fake, corny, or impossible. 

While Tierney is able to earn the trust and respect of many in her community, she remains an outcast to others. While she learns to understand the love in her mother’s actions, she still must operate in an oppressive society.

The female relationships in the novel are deep and complex. Just like those in real life.

The Grace Year is Delightfully Dark 

As much as this is a reason to add The Grace Year to your classroom library, it’s also the same reason you may not want to add it.

The Grace Year for everyone, but it is a deliciously dark story. And I love a good, dark tale.

Girls sent to die in the woods. Poachers wearing gray shrouds, crouched in the woods, hunting teen girls like prey. Magic. Ghosts. Even girls’ body parts bought and sold in little jars. This book is not for the faint of heart.

For those who love a good scary story, this one just might scratch that itch. For sensitive readers, however, I don’t recommend this one. 

While Liggett is never overly graphic in her descriptions, she doesn’t shy away from violence, rape, or abuse either. What happens to the women in this society is horrific, and Liggett is not afraid to show these events to readers.

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Romance is Not Central to The Grace Year’s Plot

The last reason you should run to go pick up a copy of The Grace Year is this: the plot does not revolve around a boy or romance.

Yes, there are marriages, but they are often unwanted, cruel, or forced. 

And there is a romantic interest and some plot around that, but it is not central to the story. Tierney is brave and capable because that’s who she is. While others may rescue her from time to time, she does a fair bit of rescuing others herself.

Like I said above, The Grace Year is ultimately about female relationships, not heteronormative romantic ones. The characters grow not because they fall in love, but because they persevere through hardships. 

Adding more books to our classroom library’s shelves that teach women to trust one another, to lean into one another, and to accept one another can help build a brighter future. 

What our real-world grace year girls need is not another novel extolling the virtues of the perfect romance, but one that teaches them the beauty of real, solid female friendship. 

Conclusion

The Grace Year offers a lot for young adult readers and your classroom library in general. Liggett’s themes around identity, societal expectations, and female friendship are relevant and important.

But it’s also just a well-told tale. It reads like a dark fairy tale, one not-yet-bleached-clean by a Disney retelling. 

This is a great read to offer to the young women in your class. Just be sure that you don’t hand it off to anyone too sensitive. This one should probably come with a warning label, but that shouldn’t stop you from offering it up as a suggestion anyway. 

Have students looking for other creepy dark tales? Try The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall or Broken Things.

For another dark story with an amazingly strong female character, check out Dread Nation or Children of Blood and Bone.

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Give it plenty of time (at least six months) before doing any drastic tweaking. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲!⁣
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👉𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀? ⁣
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What are you dreaming up for 2021?⁣ ⁣ Besides What are you dreaming up for 2021?⁣
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Besides a world in which I can travel, hug my friends, and skip the "mask-ne" on my face, I'm dreaming up some big goals for this year. ⁣
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⭐ Launch more tools and share more information to help teachers begin their Teachers Pay Teachers stores⁣
⭐ Marry @zionthelyon in October (and survive the wedding-planning process until then)⁣
⭐ Offer an entire done-for-you Creative Writing course on my Teachers Pay Teachers store⁣
⭐ Make yoga a habit that's so instinctual, I don't even think about it⁣
⭐ Go back to school to learn about web development⁣
⭐ Organize my entire home⁣
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...and so much more. I have bitten a lot off this year, but I'm up for the challenge. ⁣
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿? I'd love to see what you're going to accomplish in 2021!⁣
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This book is a must-read for white people.⁣ ⁣ This book is a must-read for white people.⁣
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Years of working with at-risk, high-poverty, diverse students had already done wonders for making me aware of my own personal privilege. ⁣
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But Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give really connected some major dots for me. ⁣
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✊ Riots aren't caused by uncivilized people. They're a symptom of systemic oppression and the natural result of injustice and anger building over time.⁣
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And while I never thought I'd need to be intimately familiar with the workings of riots, 2020 proved me wrong. I'm so glad that I (and the students to whom I've taught this novel) had read this book prior to the Kenosha riots.⁣
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It allowed me to approach the whole ordeal with more understanding, more empathy, and helped me to stay focused on the priorities--human lives and justice--rather than getting caught up in the property damage. ⁣
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I've recently bundled all of my resources for this wonderful novel with some related titles (Dear Martin and All American Boys) into one epic literature circle unit.⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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(Oh, and everything included is both PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL!)⁣
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Repeating the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is Repeating the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is not enough.⁣
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We must live them.⁣
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I know in my own district, the curriculum is often compartmentalized. It's February--time for an African American literature unit. It's MLK day--time for a biography lesson.⁣
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While these are steps in the right direction, we are long past the time for a single African American unit. 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼. ⁣
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We can't continue to lump entire groups of people into a one-month unit and call our work done. ⁣
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Honor the work done before us today and try to imagine places in your classroom in which you can push against the traditionally white canon. ⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂⁣
⚫ 𝘈𝘥𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦?⁣
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⚫ 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺?⁣
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⚫ 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴?⁣
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Change happens from within--from within us and from within our classrooms. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼. ⁣
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What is it you need to cover or teach?⁣ ⁣ Lite What is it you need to cover or teach?⁣
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Literature circles are great for exploring a variety of topics. ⁣
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𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: ⁣
⚫ A genre (𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳)⁣
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⚫ An author (𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦)⁣
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⚫ A book type (𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴)⁣
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You can still teach your required content while providing students with choice, differentiation, and the ability to collaborate with their peers. ⁣
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𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼.
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