The Weight of the Stars

A vivid,evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances. Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isnΓÇÖt an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the ΓÇ£wrongΓÇ¥ side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns RyannΓÇÖs offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken armthe girls are brought together despite themselvesΓÇöand Ryann learns her secret: AlexandriaΓÇÖs mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without failAlexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now itΓÇÖs up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendshipand eventually something more. The Weight of the Stars is the new LGBT young adult romance from K. Ancrumwritten with the same style of shortmicro-fiction chapters and immediacy that garnered acclaim for her debutThe Wicker King. An Imprint Book ΓÇ£The Weight of the Stars is one of the most gentlegraciousandoverallkind books that I’ve read all year … It’s a YA romance about girls and stars and friendship and mercy and loss and regret and what we owe each other and what we give away to lift each other up … This book is starlight on broken concreteit’s flowers on a broken rooftopand it’s a masterpiece.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöSeanan McGuireNew York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway ΓÇ£As bright as it is stellar … a story with a lushdark atmosphere; heartbreaking circumstances; brightnew love that blossoms from ugliness; and vividly realmagnetic characters.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöBooklist (starred review) ΓÇ£Touches on sexual identityfriendshipnontraditional familiesand the price of human space exploration. The characters’ resilience and vulnerability are deftly handled … For readers who are drawn to the unconventionalthis will be a satisfying read.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöKirkus Reviews ΓÇ£Their slow-burn romance … is sweetlydevastatingly understated.ΓÇ¥ – BCCB PRAISE FOR THE WICKER KING: ΓÇ£Ancrum delves into the blurry space between reality and madness. A haunting and provocative read that will keep teens riveted.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöSchool Library Journal ΓÇ£Teen fans of moody psychological horror will be entranced.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöBooklist ΓÇ£Give this to readers who like complexexperimental fictions about intense relationships that acquire mythic resonance.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books ΓÇ£An eerie piece of realistic fiction whose characters revel in intense emotions.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöKirkus Reviews ΓÇ£An eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlapThe Wicker King is a spine-tingling read that will have you riveted.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöCaleb Roerhrigauthor of Last Seen Leaving and White Rabbit