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Mid-Air

A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling in this stunning middle grade novel in verse from the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again. It's the summer before high school and Isaiah feels lo...

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Main Author: Williams, Alicia, 1970- (Author)
Other Authors: Novgorodoff, Danica (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Grief > Young adult fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Young adult fiction.
Emotions in adolescence > Young adult fiction.
Grief in adolescence > Young adult fiction.
Guilt in adolescence > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
Identity > Young adult fiction.
Skateboarding > Young adult fiction.
Life change events > Young adult fiction.
Friendship > Young adult fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction > Young adult.
Psychological fiction > Young adult.
Novels in verse > Young adult.
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Summary:A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling in this stunning middle grade novel in verse from the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again. It's the summer before high school and Isaiah feels lost. He thought this summer was going to be just him and his homies Drew and Darius, hangin' out, doing wheelies, and watching martial arts movies-a lot of chillin' before high school and the Future. But more and more, Drew will barely talk to him-barely even look at him-and though he won't admit it, Isaiah knows it's because of Darius, because Darius is...gone. And Isaiah wasn't even there when it happened, with his best friend in his final moments. But he's going to be there now. Him and Drew both, they're gonna spend the summer breaking every single record they can think of, for Darius, for his dream of breaking world records. But Drew's not the same Drew, and Isaiah being Isaiah isn't enough for Drew anymore. Not his taste in music, his love for D&D, his interest in taking photos, or his aversion to jumping off rooftops. The real Isaiah is sensitive; he's uncool. And one day something unspeakable happens to Isaiah that makes him think Drew's right. If only he could be less sensitive, more tough, less weird, more cool, more contained, less him, things would be easier. But how much can Isaiah keep inside until he shatters wide open?
Item Description:"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
Physical Description:313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 10 up.
Grades 7-9.
ISBN:9781481465830
148146583X
Author Notes:Alicia D. Williams is the author of Mid-Air , which was longlisted for the National Book Award; Genesis Begins Again , which received Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist, and for which she won the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent; and picture books Jump at the Sun , Nani and the Lion , and The Talk , which was also a Coretta Scott King Honor book. An oral storyteller in the African American tradition, she lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Danica Novgorodoff is an artist, writer, graphic designer, and horse wrangler who lives in Kentucky. Her books include Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down graphic novel. She was awarded a 2015 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in literature and was named Sarabande Books's 2016 writer-in-residence. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Blue Mountain Center, VCCA, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, and Willapa Bay AiR. Visit her online at DanicaNovgorodoff.com.

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