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King and the dragonflies / Kacen Callender.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.1.C317 Ki 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Callender, Kacen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American boys--Juvenile fiction.
- African American boys.
- Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Brothers.
- Hate crimes--Louisiana--Juvenile fiction.
- Hate crimes.
- Dragonflies--Juvenile fiction.
- Dragonflies.
- Sexual minorities--Juvenile fiction.
- Sexual minorities.
- Grief--Juvenile fiction.
- Grief.
- Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
- Secrecy.
- Louisiana--Juvenile fiction.
- Louisiana.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Brothers--Fiction.
- Hate crimes--Fiction.
- Dragonflies--Fiction.
- Louisiana--Fiction.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- LGBTQ+ literature
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- King and the dragon flies
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death.
- In a small town in Louisiana, twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly after his unexpected death, but when his best friend Sandy Sanders goes missing, King agrees to help him escape his abusive father.
- Notes:
- Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winner, 2020
- National Book Award winner, 2020
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Honor, 2021
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781338129335
- 1338129333
- 9780702302817
- 0702302813
- OCLC:
- 1091241200
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