Ask the Passengers

ISBN-13: 9780316194679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 336 str.

A S King

Opis

In this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. King asks readers to question everything--and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love.
Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passengers inside, but they're the only people who won't judge her when she asks them her most personal questions...like what it means that she's falling in love with a girl.
As her secret relationship becomes more intense and her friends demand answers, Astrid has nowhere left to turn. She can't share the truth with anyone except the people she imagines flying over her at thirty thousand feet, and they don't even know she's there. But little does Astrid know just how much even the tiniest connection will affect these strangers' lives--and her own--for the better.

Recenzje

A 2012 Publishers Weekly Best YA Book A 2012 School Library Journal Best Book A 2012 Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book A 2012 Library Journal Best YA for Adults Book A 2012 BookPage Best Children's Book A 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Winner A 2012 Los Angeles Public Library Best Teen Book A 2012 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2013 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book A 2013 Carolyn W. Field Award Winner A 2013 Rainbow List Top Ten Book A 2013 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens Book A 2013 Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices Book A 2013 James Cook Teen Book Award Winner A 2014 Tennessee Volunteer Book Award Nominee A 2014 Texas Tayshas Reading List Top Ten Book A 2014 Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Honor Book A Junior Library Guild Selection

O autorze

A.S. King is the author of the highly acclaimed novel Everybody Sees the Ants and the Edgar Award nominated, Michael L. Printz Honor book Please Ignore Vera Dietz. She is also the author of The Dust of 100 Dogs, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. After returning from Ireland where she spent over a decade living off the land, teaching adult literacy and writing novels, King now lives deep in the Pennsylvania woods with her husband and children. Learn more at the author's website.