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A.S. King
A.S. King is the author of the highly acclaimed GLORY O'BRIEN'S HISTORY OF THE FUTURE, REALITY BOY, LA Times Book Prize winner ASK THE PASSENGERS, 2012 ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS, and 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor Book PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ. She is also the... show more

A.S. King is the author of the highly acclaimed GLORY O'BRIEN'S HISTORY OF THE FUTURE, REALITY BOY, LA Times Book Prize winner ASK THE PASSENGERS, 2012 ALA Top Ten Book for Young Adults EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS, and 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor Book PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ. She is also the author of the ALA Best Books for Young Adults DUST OF 100 DOGS as well as a collection of award-winning short stories for adults, MONICA NEVER SHUTS UP. After a decade living self-sufficiently and teaching literacy to adults in Ireland, she now lives in the Pennsylvania. Look for Amy's pieces in DEAR BULLY and in anthologies BREAK THESE RULES, LOSING IT, and ONE DEATH, NINE STORIES. (And brace yourself for 2014's novel, I CRAWL THROUGH IT.) Find more at www.as-king.com.
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Just One More Chapter
Just One More Chapter rated it 6 years ago
This book was good. It was deep, it dealt with some heavy topics and I may have shed some tears along the way. The ending was a bit...preachy?? but it definitely gave it a satisfying feeling of closure. I'm still a little confused as to how certain things were possible BUT it was fun suspending Real...
This, that, and the other
This, that, and the other rated it 7 years ago
Pobody's nerfect?I’ve tried to branch out more into other genres and new authors with my reading this year, and some of the bigger gaps in my library include YA and lesbian lit. Just my luck, then, that MrsLangdonAlger posted a review for not one but two YA coming out novels with female protagonists...
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EpicFehlReader rated it 7 years ago
Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passengers inside, ...
Lindsay's Book Log
Lindsay's Book Log rated it 8 years ago
It has been a long time since I really connected to a book so strongly and so quickly. This book has a delightful amount of magical realism but still has such a real and raw feeling to it that I could really related to and I could see 16 year old me in 16 year old Sarah, I can see my family in Sarah...
Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it 8 years ago
Like the character in this book who calls herself Stanzi (her real name is never revealed), I am feeling a bit like a tetragametic chimera ("Somewhere in there you used to be fraternal twins. And you blended. Two into one.") Stanzi often refers to having two conflicting halves that want to do opp...
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