Ask the Passengers by A.S. King6/25/2023 ReviewĪstrid 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. King asks readers to question everything-and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love. In this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. But little does Astrid know just how much even the tiniest connection will affect these strangers' lives-and her own-for the better. She can't share the truth with anyone except the people at thirty thousand feet, and they don't even know she's there. like what it means that she's falling in love with a girl.Īs her secret relationship becomes more intense and her friends demand answers, Astrid has nowhere left to turn. 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. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. 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.
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