King, A. S. (2013). Ask the passengers: A novel. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
Astrid Jones is a teen girl
who lives in a small town full of close-minded people, possibly falls in love
with a girl and begins to question her sexuality. She keeps her questions to
herself for the time being, not sure of her own feelings and fearing the
reactions of her family and openly intolerant community. But one day Astrid’s
cover is blown, and she is forced to face the fallout. The novel has vivid and memorable characters and
very interesting family dynamics. Astrid sends her love to strangers. She gives
it away to passengers in the sky, because that’s the only way she’ll be free. Her
demanding, over-controlling mother talks at her, her dad smokes weed, and her
sister worries too much about her reputation to be of any help. Astrid’s
perception of her surroundings struck me as wise and authentic; her narration
has a relaxed that endured her to me. Through her I witnessed the conflicts
within a dysfunctional family and a small town.
Grade Level Recommendation:
9-12th
Below is the author’s
website
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