Grace is one of many raised as an "Angel," whose purpose is to strap explosives to their legs and bring about death as suicide bombers. These Angels are taught that life means death and they are, for the most part, content with that without question. Grace is not the perfect Angel.

Escaping death while her bomb kills 34 people, Grace chooses to live and begins her trek by train to flee the control of self-imposed leader Keran Berj. Accompanying Grace to the border is Jerusha, who was responsible in condemning his parents to death. Both are seeking freedom after questioning the purpose of their own existence.

I found GRACE to be an extremely disturbing and dark book. Indicated as an appropriate book for ages 14 and up, I would not be pleased to have my child read this. It is intended to be an awakening, I believe, for identifying personal worth and value in a human being, but it was a confusing read.