King and the Dragonflies
New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 259 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
African American boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Hate crimes -- Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
Dragonflies -- Juvenile fiction.
Sexual minorities -- Juvenile fiction.
Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Hate crimes -- Juvenile fiction.
Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
African American boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
Hate crimes -- Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
Dragonflies -- Juvenile fiction.
Sexual minorities -- Juvenile fiction.
Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Hate crimes -- Juvenile fiction.
Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 830L
ISBN:
9781338129335
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Callender | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Callender | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |
C Callender | Blythewood | Children's Fiction | In |
C Callender | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Fiction | In |
C Callender | Edgewood | Children's Fiction | In |
More Formats
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2021.
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2020.
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winner, 2020
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2020.
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winner, 2020