Título: King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)
Autor: Kacen Callender
Sinopse: A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book!
Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature!
Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry!
In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself.
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Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family.
It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?"
But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death.
The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)”, de Kacen Callender, publicado pela editora Scholastic Press, em 2022 e com 288 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Scholastic Press
Páginas: 288
Ano: 2022-05-03
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1338129341
ISBN13: 9781338129342
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Scholastic Press oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que transitam entre mundos fantásticos, conflitos pessoais e desafios sociais, muitas vezes ambientados em cenários contemporâneos ou históricos. A tensão entre o real e o mágico aparece com frequência, seja em histórias de magia e aventura juvenil, seja em relatos de sobrevivência e descobertas pessoais. O catálogo revela personagens jovens enfrentando dilemas de identidade, amizade e poder, com um tom que varia do suspense à leveza, incluindo momentos de humor e emoção. As tramas costumam explorar relações complexas, desde alianças improváveis até confrontos éticos, sempre com ritmo dinâmico e envolvente.
