Ask the passengers : a novel /

Ask the passengers : a novel /

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Author / Creator:	King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Little, Brown, 2012.
Description:	293 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Tayshas Reading Llist, 2014-2015
Subject:	Rural lesbians -- Juvenile fiction. Rural teenagers -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction. Gossip -- Juvenile fiction. High schools -- Juvenile fiction. Schools -- Juvenile fiction. Families Gossip High schools Prejudices Rural lesbians Rural teenagers Schools Young Adult fiction. Fiction Juvenile works Young adult works Young Adult fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13575772

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ISBN:	9780316194686 0316194689 9780316194679 0316194670
Summary:	"Astrid Jones copes with her small town's gossip and narrow-mindedness by staring at the sky and imagining that she's sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying high over her backyard. Maybe they'll know what to do with it. Maybe it'll make them happy. Maybe they'll need it. Her mother doesn't want it, her father's always stoned, her perfect sister's too busy trying to fit in, and the people in her small town would never allow her to love the person she really wants to: another girl named Dee. There's no one Astrid feels she can talk to about this deep secret or the profound questions that she's trying to answer. But little does she know just how much sending her love--and asking the right questions--will affect the passengers' lives, and her own, for the better"--
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild Selection. Lambda Literary Award Finalist, 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel, 2012

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Summary:	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. <br> <br> <br> <br> 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 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.
Physical Description:	293 pages ; 22 cm
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild Selection. Lambda Literary Award Finalist, 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel, 2012
ISBN:	9780316194686 0316194689 9780316194679 0316194670