{"product_id":"king-and-the-dragonflies","title":"Kacen Callender: King and the Dragonflies [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Winner of the 2020 National Book Awards for Young\u003cbr\u003e      People's Literature.\u003cbr\u003e      In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, King lost his\u003cbr\u003e      older brother. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      To move on, he must find himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      King is convinced his brother isn't dead,\u003cbr\u003e      that he has instead turned into a dragonfly, and he searches\u003cbr\u003e      for Khalid down by the bayou.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Khalid visits him in turn, in King's dreams. King must keep\u003cbr\u003e      these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform\u003cbr\u003e      his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy.\u003cbr\u003e      But King had ended their friendship. Before his death, his brother\u003cbr\u003e      had said, \"You don't want anyone to think you're gay too,\u003cbr\u003e      do you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a\u003cbr\u003e      town-wide search, King finds his former best friend and the two begin\u003cbr\u003e      an adventure as they hide Sandy down by the bayou, among the\u003cbr\u003e      dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited,\u003cbr\u003e      he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality\u003cbr\u003e      of his brother's death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      In this raw and exquisite story, we see that love can set us\u003cbr\u003e      all free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars\u003cbr\u003e      Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and\u003cbr\u003e      finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author\u003cbr\u003e      of Hurricane Child and bestselling Felix Ever\u003cbr\u003e      After.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"This quiet novel movingly addresses toxic masculinity,\u003cbr\u003e      homophobia in the black community-especially related to men-fear,\u003cbr\u003e      and memory. Elegiac and hopeful\" Kirkus Reviews","brand":"Callender, Kacen","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46987896062291,"sku":"XV80702302817","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/king-and-the-dragonflies","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}