Description
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.
Author: A. S. King
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/10/2013
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.53w x 0.91d
ISBN13: 9780316194679
ISBN10: 0316194670
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ+
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
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.
Author: A. S. King
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/10/2013
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.53w x 0.91d
ISBN13: 9780316194679
ISBN10: 0316194670
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBTQ+
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Dating & Sex
About the Author
A.S. King is the author of the highly acclaimed books Glory O'Brien's History of the Future;Reality Boy; Ask the Passengers, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner; Everybody Sees the Ants; and the Edgar Award nominated, Michael L. Printz Honor book Please Ignore Vera Dietz. She lives in Pennsylvania.