2024 Awards Eligibility

My first year of awards eligibility! In addition to being eligible on its own, The Dividing Sky is also eligible for all relevant debut and new author awards. Thanks for your consideration. I hope you enjoy your time in the Metro!

-Jill

THE DIVIDING SKY

Debut Novel | Young Adult | Science Fiction
Published October 8, 2024 by Joy Revolution / PRH

THE DIVIDING SKY is a dystopian story about a teen who uses her neurochip to illegally deal happy memories, in a hyper-capitalist megacity where people modify their brains and bodies to become “proxies” that live their lives on behalf of their wealthy workaholic clients.

School Library Journal said “If Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower were written for teens, it might look like Tew’s debut.”. And from Kirkus: “themes such as class, labor, and ethics lie at the center of the story”.

The Dividing Sky was named a best of 2024 book by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Bookshop.org, and Reactor Magazine.

Read an excerpt from The Dividing Sky here. Read more about the book here.