I was happy that someone in social media linked me to Five Questions for A.S. King. As always upon completing Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, I am impressed and in a bit of awe at King's work. I am also a bit challenged as well. I run a 7 -12 library and am also left at a bit of a loss about how I feel about a 7th grader taking one of her books home. I know that makes me controversial in the library world, but I am governed by an administration and a board and a community that demands I think carefully about how I spend my limited budget.

One question answered- "Why the bat?" I was simultaneously entertained and confused when I read the novel. But her answer made me love the premise of the bat even more. And that Glory's visions come from the fact that King sees "those visions all the time when [she] reads the news." Indeed.

Certainly, more answers would help me in a defense of the novel in my library, but it is not King's responsibility to give them to me. It is my job as a reader to read and understand. Nonetheless, I am glad I came across these five answers.