Every year, there are more than a handful of books published about a teens gradual awareness of his or her sexual orientation. But it feels good to love a thing and not expect anything back. Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers pushiness and her fathers lack of interest tell her theyre the last people she can trust. There was so much i liked about ask the passengers it was so close to getting 5 stars. Passengers isnt based on a book, but its inspired by. Ask the passengers is a great read, and i hope that books with lgbtq main characters will gain the attention that they deserve and become less uncommon than they are currently. It is well suited for young adults, aged 14 and up, but i urge all adults to read it ntinued. Beware this talk will make you rethink your entire life and work life changer duration. Ask the passengers book central rappahannock regional. Fiction seventeenyearold astrid jones, who realizes that she is gay, deals with the gossip and rejection she faces by sending love up to the people on airplanes as they pass over her. I want him to have a more familiar namesomething laid back and modern, so i can relate to him better. The topic of this novel and well as the overall good history i have with her books made me reading this book a sure thing.
Many of the people at her school are bigoted and the whole. Astrid jones is a senior in high school, a brainy, wordy girl whose favorite hobby is lying on the backyard picnic table, sending her love to the. Instead, astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. It was a beautiful book about rejecting labels and not being caged in by the expectations of others. When you get asked a question, use your responses as a time to earn a high rating and a good tip. Ask the passengers is about astrid, a senior in high school in the small. While it does nothing new, printz awardwinning author a. Weekend passengers and tourists tend to ask more questions. It is well suited for young adults, aged 14 and up, but i urge all adults to read it. Ask the passengers is a great read, and i hope that books with lgbtq main characters will gain the attention that they deserve and become less uncommon. I will say that as a child she spent a good deal of time in her office aka her. She doesnt know the passengers inside, but theyre the only people who wont judge her when. King book and ive heard nothing but good things about her work so i.
Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her. Her mother doesnt want it, her fathers always stoned, her. When asked about her writing, king says, some people dont know if my characters. Sep 10, 20 ask the passengers is a young adult novel about a girl who has to find herself. Not the best coming of agelgbtq book ive ever read, but i really enjoyed astrid and. Ask the passengers is an emotional and ultimately hopeful story. The messages are good and interesting and valuable. She is also the author of the dust of 100 dogs, an ala best book for young adults. Astrid, a high school senior, sends her love to passengers in planes flying above her. King barbara xiong astrid sends her love away when she sees airplanes flying above, simply because its easier for her. In the novel, the young protagonist is a highschool senior coming to terms with her own sexual identity while she also helps her good friends hide theirs.
The protagonist lives in a small town and is desperately afraid of how her developing feelings for another girl will affect her rumorfilled community. She doesnt know the passengers inside, but theyre the only people who wont judge her when she asks them her most personal questions like what it means that shes falling in love with a girl. Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers pushiness and her fathers lack of interest tell. Ask the passengers is a young adult novel about a girl who has to find herself. The original screenplay for passengers was written by jon spaihts. Ask the passengers is ostensibly a book about love and acceptance focusing on astrids comingout story. When asked about her writing, king says, some people dont know if my. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. So i stare at the picture in my book of the curlybearded guy with the pug nose, and by the end of study hall, i name him frank. Ask the passengers ebook yorba linda public library. Invision employees share their remote work secrets.
Ask the passengers is about astrid, a senior in high school in the small, closeminded town of unity valley. Feb 12, 2014 beware this talk will make you rethink your entire life and work life changer duration. Astrid jones is sending love to passengers in airplanes, which is quite original. The plot sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel, but passengers is not based on any book. If it was not for books like ask the passengers, i would probably have let others stress me out by now with all their opinions of my weirdness. Shes confused about her sexuality, but cant talk to family or friends b. After all, more often than not, comingout stories are set in small towns and do deal with the themes of acceptance internal and external. Ask the passengers book king county library system.
Ask the passengers and millions of other books are available for instant access. Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers pushiness and her fathers lack of interest tell her that theyre. Violet, a writer and member of the popular crowd, has withdrawn from her friends and from school activities since her sister died in a car accident nine months earlier. Oct 22, 2012 ask the passengers is ostensibly a book about love and acceptance focusing on astrids comingout story.
Ask the passengers book talk by prezi user on prezi. My biggest complaint is actually the idea of her sending love to the passengers. It is all part of the show we put on for our passengers. You get a good sense of this feeling of continuation at the conclusion of ask the passengers. Ask the passengers is an achingly truthful examination and, ultimately, celebration of love. Kings previous novels, ask the passengers can hardly be considered a problem novel. The main characters parents arent good role models especially the. Ask the passengers was disappointing because i wanted to like it, since i was interested in the premise and i knew it was an acclaimed novel. King has the answers now that her latest novel, ask the passengers has hit bookstores, a. Parents need to know that ask the passengers is a contemporary comingofage novel by awardwinning author a.
Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers pushiness and her fathers lack of interest tell her that theyre the last. Right off the bat, i think i need to say that the strength of ask the passengers does not come from it being a groundbreaking, allout original comingout story because it is not. Despite not liking most of the characters, i really enjoyed the coming out story of astrid jones. King is the author of the highly acclaimed novel everybody sees the ants and the edgar award nominated, michael l.
It feels good to not get an argument or any pushiness or any rumors or any bullshit. Quite possibly the best teen novel featuring a girl questioning her sexuality written in years. Ask the passengers is another winner from king, and i loved it even though it is the lightest on fantasy elements of the three of hers ive read. Astrid jones copes with her small towns gossip and narrowmindedness by staring at the sky and imagining that shes sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying high over her backyard. Ask the passengers is a typical coming of age novel. Kings fourth novel and it came out in october 2012. Astrid cant talk to her mother and believes her sister ellis is on her mothers side, they are slowly estranging from one another. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Jan 20, 20 ask the passengers is an emotional and ultimately hopeful story. Kings latest book, ask the passengers, does everything old in this subgenre of ya contemporary literature well. King has taken the time answer questions about the book, life, and sending love. Ask the passengers book surrey libraries bibliocommons. Mar 16, 2016 you get a good sense of this feeling of continuation at the conclusion of ask the passengers. Oct 23, 2012 two struggling teens develop an unlikely relationship in a moving exploration of grief, suicide and young love.
But i just had too many problems with this book to enjoy it. A haunting but at times funny tale about what it means to want to take ones life, but rising above it so that living becomes the better option. Kings new novel, ask the passengers, explores questions about herself, her friends, her family, and her life. King is the author of the highly acclaimed reality boy. This comingout story features a teenaged protagonist who finds an innovative way of solving her lifes challenges. For awhile there, it was a bit hard to connect to this but this is my first a. It is well suited for young adults, aged 14 and up, but i urge all adults to read it too. There was so much i liked about ask the passengersit was so close to getting 5 stars. Its not ground breaking in any way but it is a really enjoyable book that has some great characters, writing, and storytelling. Teenage offspring of the herondales, carstairs, fairchilds, and other angeldescended nephilim continue their families demonfighting ways amid a round of elegant london balls, soirees, salons, picnics, and romantic. Why do passengers always ask me the same questions. Dec 19, 2016 the plot sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel, but passengers is not based on any book.
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