Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
Astrid Jones copes with her small town's gossip and narrow-mindedness by staring at the sky and imagining that she's sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying high over her backyard. Maybe they'll know what to do with it. Maybe it'll make them happy. Maybe they'll need it. Her mother doesn't want it, her father's always stoned, her perfect sister's too busy trying to fit in, and the people in her small town would never allow her to love the person she really wants to: another girl named Dee. There's no one Astrid feels she can talk to about this deep secret or the profound questions that she's trying to answer. But little does she know just how much sending her love--and asking the right questions--will affect the passengers' lives, and her own, for the better.
In this unmistakably original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's boxes and definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. King asks readers to question everything--and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking and sharing real love.
In this unmistakably original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's boxes and definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. King asks readers to question everything--and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking and sharing real love.
Release date: October 23, 2012
A.S. King writes great novels! I'm looking forward to this latest installment to her bibliography. While I wait I should definitely hit up Please Ignore Vera Dietz, I hear such great things about it!
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I used to see the airplanes as a kid and send messages to them! I used to think they could see me waving to them and could hear my shouts.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to be a kid..lol..
This book sounds pretty cool.
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DeleteDefinitely read Please Ignore Vera Dietz! I thought it was awesome. Ask the Passengers is on my must-read pile!
ReplyDeleteI have to! I'd also suggest THE DUST OF 100 DOGS--so different and awesome!
DeleteNew follower, I haven't heard of this book before but I'll definitely be adding it to my wishlist, my wow
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