Overview
A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances
Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isnāt an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the āwrongā side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends.
One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryannās offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite themselvesāand Ryann learns her secret: Alexandriaās mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system.
Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now itās up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more.
The Weight of the Stars is the new LGBT young adult romance from K. Ancrum, written with the same style of short, micro-fiction chapters and immediacy that garnered acclaim for her debut, The Wicker King.
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āThe Weight of the Stars is one of the most gentle, gracious, and, overall, kind books that I've read all year ... It's a YA romance about girls and stars and friendship and mercy and loss and regret and what we owe each other and what we give away to lift each other up ... This book is starlight on broken concrete, it's flowers on a broken rooftop, and it's a masterpiece.ā āSeanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway
āAs bright as it is stellar ... a story with a lush, dark atmosphere; heartbreaking circumstances; bright, new love that blossoms from ugliness; and vividly real, magnetic characters.ā āBooklist (starred review)
āTouches on sexual identity, friendship, nontraditional families, and the price of human space exploration. The characters' resilience and vulnerability are deftly handled ... For readers who are drawn to the unconventional, this will be a satisfying read.ā āKirkus Reviews
āTheir slow-burn romance ... is sweetly, devastatingly understated.ā - BCCB
PRAISE FOR THE WICKER KING:
āAncrum delves into the blurry space between reality and madness. A haunting and provocative read that will keep teens riveted.ā āSchool Library Journal
āTeen fans of moody psychological horror will be entranced.ā āBooklist
āGive this to readers who like complex, experimental fictions about intense relationships that acquire mythic resonance.ā āThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
āAn eerie piece of realistic fiction whose characters revel in intense emotions.ā āKirkus Reviews
āAn eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlap, The Wicker King is a spine-tingling read that will have you riveted.ā āCaleb Roerhrig, author of Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit
This book title, The Weight of the Stars - 9781250101655, ISBN: 9781250101655, by K. Ancrum, published by Square Fish (March 17, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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