King and the dragonflies

The Resource King and the dragonflies
Label
King and the dragonflies
Statement of responsibility
Kacen Callender
Title variation
King and the dragon flies
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Contributor
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The dragonflies live down by the bayou, but there's no way to know which one's my brother. There are hundreds, maybe even thousands...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 raw and exquisite story from the Stonewall Award-winning author of Hurrican Child, we see that love sets us all free. --
Assigning source
From dust jacket
Awards note
  • Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 2021.
  • Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winner, 2020
  • National Book Award winner, 2020
Cataloging source
NJQ/DLC
Index
no index present
Intended audience
830L
Intended audience source
lexile
Interest level
MG
Literary form
novels
Reading level
4.9
Study program name
Accelerated Reader
Target audience
pre adolescent

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