The Weight of the Stars About the Author K. Ancrum is the author

About the Author K.

Ancrum is the author of the awardwinning thriller The Wicker King, the interstellar lesbian romance The Weight of the Stars, and the Peter Pan thriller Darling.

Ancrum is a Chicago native passionate about diversity and representation in young adult fiction.

She currently writes most of her work in the lush gardens of the Chicago Art Institute.Product Description 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 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 oneway 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, microfiction 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 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 concrete, it's flowers on a broken rooftop, and it's a masterpiece.

Seanan Mc Guire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway Touches on sexual identity, friendship, nontraditional 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 Review The Weight of the Stars is one of the most gentle, gracious, and, overall, kind 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 concrete, it's flowers on a broken rooftop, and it's a masterpiece.

Seanan Mc Guire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway As bright as it is stellar ...

a story with a lush, dark atmosphere; heartbreaking circumstances; bright, new love that blossoms from ugliness; and vividly real, magnetic characters.

Booklist (starred review)Touches on sexual identity, friendship, nontraditional 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 Their slowburn romance ...

is sweetly, devastatingly understated.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Praise for The Wicker King:Ancrum delves into the blurry space between reality and madness.

A haunting and provocative read that will keep teens riveted.

School Library Journal Teen fans of moody psychological horror will be entranced.

Booklist Give this to readers who like complex, experimental fictions about intense relationships that acquire mythic resonance.

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books An eerie piece of realistic fiction whose characters revel in intense emotions.

Kirkus Reviews An eerie and mesmerizing thriller that questions the space where reality and perception overlap, The Wicker King is a spinetingl