A.S. King
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.86 | 23260 Users | 2604 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Ask the Passengers |
| ISBN: | 0316194689 (ISBN13: 9780316194686) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Astrid Jones |
| Setting: | Pennsylvania(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2012), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2014), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2014), Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2013), Lincoln Award Nominee (2015) James Cook Book Award (2013) |
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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. 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.Particularize Based On Books Ask the Passengers
| Title | : | Ask the Passengers |
| Author | : | A.S. King |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | October 23rd 2012 by Little, Brown BFYR |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. LGBT. Contemporary. Fiction. Romance. Realistic Fiction |
Rating Based On Books Ask the Passengers
Ratings: 3.86 From 23260 Users | 2604 ReviewsCriticize Based On Books Ask the Passengers
3.5 starsThis was ??? an interesting read, capturing the life of a teenager struggling with her sexuality in a pretty close-minded small town and whilst some parts were great other elements could've been done a lot better.I LOVED the writing style. The author captures the voice of a teenager struggling with her sexuality v well and Astrid's thoughts are not only genuine but relatable - especially when she holds hypothetical conversations in her head, with herself and other people. I also lovedA.S. King does it so well.Technically, she shouldnt, though. I mean, her stories are not the most original ones on Earth, and if you compare her books, youre going to see that she follows a certain formula. Therefore, reading her books back-to-back can make them seem repetitive. So what is it about this author that makes her so great and unlike many other YA authors?Well, she explores various themes bullying, sexual orientation, sexuality, mental health, abuse, etc and she explores them with
Good writing, human characters and interesting family relationships. I really liked it :)
Lovely story - understated, but incredibly gripping. And my love for A.S. King is confirmed once again.To love this book, you need to love its narrator, and for me at least Astrid is impossible not to love.Sure, she's a questioning teenager, and she's confused - but she's sensible too. She's hurt, but resilient; emotional, but rational.Her voice is calm, even through the hurdles she has to overcome, and when she finally loses her cool, she does it in a way that only made me appreciate her more.
*3.75*This was pretty good! Not the best coming of age/LGBTQ book I've ever read, but I really enjoyed Astrid and all of her philosophical quirkiness.
"I freed myself of something I was faking, and now I want to free myself of all my faking." This is a story about Astrid, who's a nerd, loves studying philosophy and humanities and speaking to and sending love to passengers on the plane. More importantly, this book is about her struggling with her sexuality and wanting freedom from labels and wanting to find herself.I was really enjoying myself reading the first half of this book. I loved Astrid's reflections, the perspective's we would get
Originally posted on A Reader of Fictions.Okay, it's official. I think A.S. King is one of the very best YA writers out there. Ask the Passengers is only my second experience with King, but I loved it just as much as, perhaps even more than, the first one I read, Everybody Sees the Ants. Even better, King falls into that realm of authors who can do something totally new every time. She has some themes in common, but the books themselves are very different. One has a younger male teen lead, one
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