03714cam a2200601 i 4500 432333510 TxAuBib 20200820120000.0 190607s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019006158 9781338129335 1338129333 TxAuBib rda Callender, Kacen,. King and the dragonflies [Print] / Kacen Callender. First edition. New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. ©2020. 272 pages ; 0.9" H x 8.3" L x 5.8" W (0.8 lbs.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Louisiana, United States (United States.) 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. 10 to 13. 20200820. National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2020), Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (2022), Coretta Scott King Book Award Nominee for Author (2021), Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade (2021), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2020), Walter Dean Myers Award Nominee for Younger Readers Category (2021), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2022), Whippoorwill Award (2021), Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards | Winner | Fiction & Poetry | 2020. African American boys Juvenile fiction. African American boys Fiction. Brothers Juvenile fiction. Brothers Fiction. Hate crimes Louisiana Juvenile fiction. Hate crimes Juvenile fiction. Hate crimes Louisiana Fiction. Hate crimes Fiction. Dragonflies Juvenile fiction. Dragonflies Fiction. African Americans Fiction. African Americans Juvenile fiction. Grief Juvenile fiction. Grief Fiction. JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement. JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship. JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism. Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism. Louisiana Juvenile fiction. Louisiana Fiction. JUVENILE FICTION / LGBTQ+. TXTLL