The Weight of the Stars

A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances ryann bird dreams of travelling across the stars. But a career in space isnt an option for a girl who lives in a trailer Park on the wrong 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 ryanns offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite themselvesand ryann learns her secret: alexandrias mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now its up to ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more. The weight of the stars is the new LGBT young adult romance from K. Ancrum, written with the same style of short, micro-fiction chapters and immediacy that garnered acclaim for her debut, the wicker king. An imprint book The weight of the stars is one of the most gentle, gracious, and, overall, kind books that Ive read all year... Its 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 concrete, its flowers on a broken rooftop, and its a masterpiece. se an an McGuire, new York Times bestselling author of every heart a doorway touches on sexual identity, friendship, non-traditional families, and the price of human space exploration. The characters Resilience and vulnerability are deftly handled... For readers who are drawn to the unconventional, this will be a satisfying read. Kirkus reviews.