King and the dragonflies
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 259 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781338129335 1338129333 |
| Author Notes: | Kacen Callender is a bestselling and award-winning author of multiple novels for children, teens, and adults, including King and the Dragonflies , winner of the National Book Award, Coretta Scott King Honor, and Lambda Literary Award; and Hurricane Child , winner of the Lambda Literary Award and Stonewall Honor Award, and the bestselling novel Felix Ever After . They live in US Virgin Islands. |
