Item: Ask the Passengers
Rating: 4.00
Author: kozbisa

by A.S. King

Astrid Jones copes with her small town's gossip and narrow-mindedness by sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying overhead. Maybe they'll know what to do with it. Maybe it'll make them happy. Maybe they'll need it. Her mother doesn't want it, her father's always stoned, her perfect sister's too busy trying to fit in and the people in her small town would never allow her to love the person she really wants to - another girl named Dee. There's no one Astrid feels she can talk to about this deep secret or the profound questions that she's trying to answer but little does she know just how much sending her love - and asking the right questions - will affect the passengers' lives, and her own, for the better.

In this unmistakably original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's boxes and definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. King asks readers to question everything - and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking and sharing real love.

Rating: 4.5 stars

I love King's books, and I really enjoyed Astrid's story. I think this one got a little lower rating from me, because I missed the magical touches all the other King books I have read had. However, I loved the way Astrid sent her love to people, even the passengers, who she did not know, as a sort of coping mechanism. And, I thought it was rather brilliant how each passenger's story had a connection to an issue Astrid herself was struggling with. King, as always, challenged me to think about so many things and share in Astrid's journey as she questioned her own sexuality. I won't pretend I wasn't smiling a whole lot towards the ending either.

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Ask the Passengers

by A.S. King

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on Aug 10, 2018

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