Today's Mock Newbery Finalist is KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Callender, which Heavy Medal Committee member Charlotte Chung describes as "a tender, affecting, and hopeful story of grief, belonging, and transformation."
Guest blogger Lynette notes that In KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES, "Grief can...reside in the
conversations that we have and the words, both said and unsaid, the dead leave behind..." Join our Mock Newbery discussion of Kacen Callender's powerful novel.