Ask the Passengers

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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336 pages

Average rating: 6.78

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Anonymous
May 13, 2023
6/10 stars
3.5 stars. I feel like this would’ve stuck with me more when I was younger, since it is YA. Overall, it had a great storyline and was a cute coming of age story about teenagers learning about their own sexuality and accepting themselves while others may not.
E Clou
May 10, 2023
6/10 stars
This is a good YA coming of age book with a gay main character in a conservative town. It’s painful but it’s also appropriate for young teens.

Starts off slowly, and I could have lived without the passengers’ monologues. However, the main story improves at about the halfway point.

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