A. S. King Knihy

Zrnko predsudkov a rasizmu je zasiate v každom z nás. A stačí málo, aby vyklíčilo. Hemmingsovci sú presvedčení, že ich sa to netýka, aj keď sú touto burinou prelezení skrz-naskrz. Všetci sa chystajú na oslavu Veľkej noci, akoby ich veľkolepá výzdoba a varená šunka mohli zachrániť. Ich najmladšie potomstvo, piati tínedžeri, ktorí to s rodinou už nemôžu vydržať, padajú do tunela neistoty. Nik nerieši, že jedno z vnúčat je nezvestné. Kam sa z tejto rodiny vytratila láska? Keď však tínedžeri začnú kopať trochu hlbšie, zisťujú, že sú tou generáciou, ktorá môže všetko zmeniť k lepšiemu.

Vera Dietzová sa učí dobre, ale nevytŕča z davu. Prečo? Lebo jej otec je abstinujúci alkoholik, ktorý musel veľmi rýchlo dospieť, aby sa sám postaral o dcéru. Stále jej opakuje, že treba tvrdo makať, a tak Vera roznáša pizzu. A po práci pije, lebo nevie, ako inak uniknúť z tohto sveta, pred vlastnými traumami a strachmi. Vere totiž zomrel sused, donedávna najlepší kamoš a platonická láska v jednom. Vera mu chcela pomôcť, no doma sa riadili heslom: Nevšímaj si to. Ale toho má už plné zuby!

Set in the shadowy realm of Novus, a powerful force known as the Dark One, Zohar, threatens to obliterate the legacy of the High King. As the High King strives to unite his followers, the crystalline beings called Erela, invisible to most, play a crucial role in the unfolding conflict. The narrative centers on the struggle between Zohar's oppressive influence and the resistance of the remaining Erela, who must band together to restore hope and light to their world.

Middle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely leave the house and carries a stuffed tiger at all times, her father is suffering from depression, but will not talk about it, and the brothers down the street, once friends, have turned into bullies--so when a tiny meteorite literally falls in her lap it is like a sign, but a sign of what?

Liberty feels like her whole world is falling from space. Can she map a new life for herself and her family before they spin too far out of reach?

When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.

Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far. But Lucky has a secret--one that helps him wade through the mundane torture of his life. In his dreams, Lucky escapes to the war-ridden jungles of Laos--the prison his grandfather couldn't escape--where Lucky can be a real man, an adventurer, and a hero. It's dangerous and wild, and it's a place where his life just might be worth living. But how long can Lucky keep hiding in his dreams before reality forces its way inside? Michael L. Printz Honor recipient A.S. King's smart, funny and boldly original writing shines in this powerful novel about learning to cope with the shrapnel life throws at you--and taking a stand against it.

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.

"An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--

In this masterpiece about freedom, feminism, and destiny, Printz Honor author A.S. King tells the epic story of a girl coping with devastating loss at long last--a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities--but not for Glory, who has no plan for what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and she's never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same way...until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing new power to see a person's infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions--and what she sees ahead of her is terrifying: A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women's rights disappear. A violent second civil war breaks out. And young girls vanish daily, sold off or interned in camps. Glory makes it her mission to record everything she sees, hoping her notes will somehow make a difference. She may not see a future for herself, but she'll do anything to make sure this one doesn't come to pass.