*"Callender tackles some serious issues.with finesse and a heady sense of the passions and pangs of youth.this title solidifies Callender's merit as a powerful middle grade and YA author. *" dynamic tale that will resonate with children struggling to reconcile who they are with what they think society wants them to be."- Booklist, starred review The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?"īut 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. 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. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. 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. Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly.
In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself. Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! About the Book "In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself".
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