| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
259 pages ; 22 cm |
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Children |
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Preteens |
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Fourth grade students |
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Fifth grade students |
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Sixth grade students |
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Seventh grade students |
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Eighth grade students |
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Middle school students |
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School children |
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nat Americans |
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eth West Indian Americans |
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age Children |
| 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. -- From dust jacket. |
| Audience |
830L lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 7.0. |
| Awards |
Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 2021. |
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Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winner, 2020 |
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National Book Award winner, 2020 |
| Subject |
African American boys -- Juvenile fiction.
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African American boys. |
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Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers. |
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Hate crimes -- Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
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Hate crimes. |
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Louisiana. |
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Dragonflies -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dragonflies. |
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Sexual minorities -- Juvenile fiction.
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Sexual minorities. |
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Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grief. |
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Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.
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Secrecy. |
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Louisiana -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Domestic fiction.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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| Subject |
Hate crimes. |
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LGBTQ+ people. |
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Sexual minorities. |
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Secrecy. |
| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Added Author |
Scholastic Press, publisher.
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| Added Title |
King and the dragon flies |
| ISBN |
9781338129335 hardcover |
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1338129333 hardcover |
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9780702302817 paperback |
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0702302813 paperback |
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