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Author Callender, Kacen, author. Title King and the dragonflies / Kacen Callender. Publisher New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. ©2020. Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Boulder Junction juvenile fiction J FIC CAL AVAILABLE Edition First edition. Descript 259 pages ; 22 cm age Children lcdgt Audience 830L Lexile Note Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 7 507429. Summary "King is sure that his brother, Khalid, has turned into a dragonfly. After Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed his first skin for another and found refuge in the backwaters of their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, a secret King must keep to himself--that, and the fact that he might be gay. As King watches grief transform his family, he comes to understand the beauty and redemption of learning to fly past the secrets that keep him from rising to his truest self. In this story...we see that love sets us all free." -- Jacket flap. Local Subj Coretta Scott King Honor, Author. Subject African American boys -- Juvenile fiction. Brothers -- Juvenile fiction. Brothers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction. Hate crimes -- Juvenile fiction. Dragonflies -- Juvenile fiction. Sexual minorities -- Juvenile fiction. Grief -- Juvenile fiction. Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction. Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction. African American boys -- Fiction. Brothers -- Fiction. Brothers -- Death -- Fiction. Hate crimes -- Fiction. Dragonflies -- Fiction. Sexual minorities -- Fiction. Grief -- Fiction. Secrecy -- Fiction. Louisiana -- Fiction. LGBTQ+ people. Genre Young adult fiction. Subject Minority groups. Black people. BIPOC. ISBN/ISSN 9781338129335 (hardcover) 1338129333 (hardcover) 9780702302817 (paperback) 0702302813 (paperback)
