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	Callender, Kacen. KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. IL 3-6 ISBN: 978-1338129335.
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Twelve-year-old King believes that after his older brother, Khalid, died, he turned into a dragonfly. Before his death, Khalid warned King to distance himself from his best friend, Sandy, who was rumored to be gay, a dangerous situation in small-town Louisiana. King puts aside his friendship with Sandy - and then Sandy goes missing, only to be found camping in King’s back yard, escaping from his abusive father. The two boys come together to deal with issues of grief, loss, and sexuality, and rekindle their friendship as they come to terms with their changing identities. (Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, 2022)
	SUBJECTS:   African Americans -- Fiction.                         Brothers -- Fiction.                         Hate crimes -- Fiction.                         Dragonflies -- Fiction.                         ze4 r Louisiana -- Fiction.

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