I read this a few years ago and I loved it but I feel like I never really talk about it that often which is a disra to this book because it's a really great book
King and the Dragonflies (2020)
Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death.
I've read Felix Ever After king and the dragonflies and this is kind of an epic love story and really enjoyed all three of those
we've got king of the dragonflies felix ever after and then hurricane child those two are middle grades and i again think that i will continue to pick up middle grade from case and calendar
Just such a stunning middle grade queer novel. Oh, I can't say enough about this book.
I think I've only read one of Kacen Callendar's books and that was King King of the Dragonflies which I really did enjoy.
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