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From a Michael L. Printz Honor author comes a powerful story about finding - and sharing - love.

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In this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society´s definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. King asks readers to question everything--and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love.
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, but they´re the only people who won´t judge her when she asks them her most personal questions...like what it means that she´s falling in love with a girl.
As her secret relationship becomes more intense and her friends demand answers, Astrid has nowhere left to turn. She can´t share the truth with anyone except the people she imagines flying over her at thirty thousand feet, and they don´t even know she´s there. But little does Astrid know just how much even the tiniest connection will affect these strangers´ lives--and her own--for the better.

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A 2012 Publishers Weekly Best YA Book A 2012 School Library Journal Best Book A 2012 Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book A 2012 Library Journal Best YA for Adults Book A 2012 BookPage Best Children´s Book A 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Winner A 2012 Los Angeles Public Library Best Teen Book A 2012 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2013 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book A 2013 Carolyn W. Field Award Winner A 2013 Rainbow List Top Ten Book A 2013 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens Book A 2013 Cooperative Children´s Book Center Choices Book A 2013 James Cook Teen Book Award Winner A 2014 Tennessee Volunteer Book Award Nominee A 2014 Texas Tayshas Reading List Top Ten Book A 2014 Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Honor Book A Junior Library Guild Selection

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