It is Callendar's second novel that explores the intersection between race, gender roles and sexuality. King and the Dragonflies is a young adult fiction book published in February 2020 by Scholastic Press and written by Saint Thomian author Kacen Callender. Price: £6.National Book Award for Young People's Literature PM Gold: Race Through Space (PM Plus Non-fiction) Level 22 eur prices.PM Gold: Oceans, Seas and Coasts PM Plus Non Fiction Level 22&23 Gold eur prices.PM Silver: Gravity and the Solar System (PM Plus Non-fiction) Levels 24, 25 eur prices.PM Silver: The Sun (PM Plus Non-fiction) Levels 24, 25 eur prices.Price: £6.65 Not available to buy with Rewards PM Silver: Volcanoes and Geysers (PM Plus Non-fiction) Levels 24, 25 eur prices.One Story, Many Voices: Cinderella of the Nile.You have earned 5 stars of a maximum 5 (1) “This quiet novel movingly addresses toxic masculinity, homophobia in the black community-especially related to men-fear, and memory. 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 and bestselling Felix Ever After.In this raw and exquisite story, we see that love can set us all free.As King’s friendship with Sandy is reignited, he’s forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother’s death. Before his death, his brother had said, “You don’t want anyone to think you’re gay too, do you?”īut when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, King finds his former best friend and the two begin an adventure as they hide Sandy down by the bayou, among the dragonflies. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy. King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. Khalid visits him in turn, in King’s dreams. King is convinced his brother isn’t dead, that he has instead turned into a dragonfly, and he searches for Khalid down by the bayou. In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, King lost his older brother. Winner of the 2020 National Book Awards for Young People’s Literature.
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