Books like ask the passengers

Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers. Goodreads members who liked the passengers also liked. Her family is not understanding and for the most part they ignore her. Ask the passengers was published by little, brown bfyr on 23 october 2012.

Kings fourth novel and it came out in october 2012. Kings novels are for ages 14 and up and are available through any major retailer. Fast international shipping, friendly service, and youre shopping local from your own living room. She asks them about her abrasive family and the secrets her. As her secret relationship becomes more intense and her friends demand answers, astrid has nowhere left to turn. Never has a book connected with me as immediately and intensely as a. Ask the passengers is a solid coming of age story, yes, but its also a story that anyone can and should read if they want to be challenged on what it means to love without borders and what it often can be like for the person whose being closed in by them. Ask the passengers is ostensibly a book about love and acceptance focusing on astrids comingout story. Basically i watched passengers a few days ago and im a sucker for romance btw if you have good books on that im interested i didnt read much romance except from pride and prejudice lol, i mostly watch movie. The shtick of astrid lying on the picnic table sending her love to passengers is an interesting idea in principle, but somehow did not feel strong enough to carry a book when she said sending love to the passengers is getting old i almost burst out laughingbecause yes, yes it was. The plot sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel, but passengers is not based on any book. King is the awardwinning author of many acclaimed books for young readers. Find books like ask the passengers from the worlds largest community of readers. Astrids parents moved to this small perfect town to get away from the.

Find books like english passengers from the worlds largest community of readers. The passengers answer astrids questions indirectly through their own little anecdotes. King novel to be and will take you through feeling both hopeless and hopeful, and wishing you could help astrid out. See more lists like the recommendations for passengers. Ask the passengers is about teenage questions that grownups rarely notice. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Goodreads members who liked ask the passengers also liked. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of ask the passengers by a. King is the author of the highly acclaimed reality boy. Many of the people at her school are bigoted and the whole town is a vicious rumor mill. The original screenplay for passengers was written by jon spaihts. So today, we are honoured to be kicking off the ask the passengers blog tour with a post from a.

Ask the passengers was a wonderful book about a girl whos. This is one of my favorite books this year, and i think its a masterpiece of ya fiction. Nor does she write gay books, bully books or death books. Instead, astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. The protagonist lives in a small town and is desperately afraid of how her developing feelings for another girl will affect her rumorfilled community. In ask the passengers little, brown and company, author a. Parents need to know that ask the passengers is a contemporary comingofage novel by awardwinning author a. After all, more often than not, comingout stories are set. Tsa wont ask passengers to remove books from carryon bags after all. Protagonist astrid jones struggles with the difficulties. I can talk about my personal writing influences or i can talk about what influenced the book i am releasing.

At first they seem like entirely separate stories that just happen to have some relation to astrids questions, but then we find out that some of these passengers are feeling the love and questions that astrid sends up. King, plus links to a book excerpt from ask the passengers and author biography of a. Ask the passengers is a unique story that i have never encountered before. Not only does it tell the story of a teenage girl in a small town and all of the possible problems that can arise from that, but it also dives into the thoughts and life. I borrowed a copy from my local library, and renewed it twice. Instead, she lies on the picnic bench in her garden and talks to the passengers of the aircraft flying overhead. She doesnt know the passengers inside, but theyre the only people who. The brutal hand of british imperialism provides the foundation for this broad historical swashbuckler about the english colonization of tasmania in the. According to kings website, she does not discuss politics or religion.

Shes confused about her sexuality, but cant talk to family or friends b. I started hearing good things about the book as soon as it was published. If you like ask the passengers you might like similar books none of the above, you know me well, the miseducation of cameron post, if you could be mine, if i was your girl. Ask the passengers is about astrid, a senior in high school in the small, closeminded town of unity valley. It came out in late october, well after our mock printz list was established. Ask the passengers is an emotional and ultimately hopeful story. Goodreads members who liked the passenger also liked. I like scifi too even tho im not quite initiate in this genre. But ask the passengersdespite the inadequacy of its titleis more than a read. Find books like the passengers from the worlds largest community of readers. Experts were concerned that forcing passengers to reveal sensitive reading materials, such as books on sexual dysfunction.

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. The books prosaic sensibilities are almost perfectly in line with mine. Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers pushiness and her fathers lack of interest tell her theyre the last. If you loved the fault in our stars you will love these books. But then i read the last couple of pages and knew what side of that sadhopeful line the story fell and, well, i needed some kleenex. Ask the passengers is as fantastically written as one expects an a. Find books like the passenger from the worlds largest community of readers.

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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ask the passengers. Ask the passengers is a comingofage, comingout story about love and discovering ones self. She doesnt know the passengers inside, but theyre the only people who wont judge her when she asks them her most personal questions. Tsa wont ask passengers to remove books from carryon. King asks readers to question everythingand offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love. The link below is for signed copies through aarons books in lititz, pa. Astrid, a high school senior, sends her love to passengers in planes flying above her. Astrid jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mothers pushiness and her fathers lack of interest tell. She is also the author of the dust of 100 dogs, an ala best book for young adults. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to ask the passengers. Though i loved ask the passengers, its written in a fairly different style than the other two books by her ive read. Ask the passengers in this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of societys definitions, printz honor author a.

Ive been reading like crazy and i keep adding books onto the already too long list to try and consume in this ninth hour. Jenna is an aussie blogger and reader who loves to indulge in great books and. She doesnt know the passengers inside, but theyre the only people who wont judge her when she asks them her most personal questions like. Download and read online for free ask the passengers by a. Ask the passengers is one of best books released on 2012 containing 304 pages, this book written by a.

Goodreads members who liked english passengers also liked. I read the book in two sittings, which could have been one if i hadnt stopped around page 30 for lunch. 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. King whom known as an author and have wrote many interesting books with great story telling. Those stories, like astrids, are at times funny, sad, romantic and lifechanging. Like what you see here on the reading date awesome. 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. A movie like passengers owes a debt to both cinematic versions of solaris in a. King please ignore vera dietz presents her new teen novel ask the passengers. Join our community of taste explorers to save your discoveries, create inspiring lists, get personalized recommendations, and follow interesting people.