Could win the Printz!

If you ask me, anyway.  Not that I know much.  Or have faith in awards.  As we remember 1954.  But man, Ask the Passengers has what it takes to win.  It is truly wonderfully written.  It is such a real story with real characters.  It is perfect for LGTB or non-LGTB or BTLs or AFS, or NTSB folk.  Seriously, this book is beautiful.  I mean it has nasty parts, for sure.  There are dirtbag Holocaust-deniers and gossip-mongers, and all you would expect in a small town, or big town for that matter, but the book is set in a small town.  And I would imagine, it would be a lot harder to be a gay teen in a small town rather than a big one. 
This is the story of Astrid Jones, high school teen, who has fallen in love with a girl.  She doesn't feel that she can tell anyone, even though she has a best friend who is gay.  Her family isn't horrific.  She has a sister who is a year younger, a pretty cool dad and a mom who is pretty self-obsessed, but she loves them and all. 
She also feels though, that she has no one to truly love her, because they a. don't know the real her because of her secret  and b.  well she can't love her girlfriend because that just wouldn't cut it in a small town, especially when her mom is so concerned with what others think.
The thing is, this is about more than Astrid's sexuality though.  It is about coming of age and being your own person and being okay with the unknown.  It is also about sexuality as being fluid, too.  Like "loving hearts, not parts."
Great book.  So much to talk about.  Great for anyone and everyone!