02823cam a2200409 i 4500 1459622771 TxAuBib 20240723120000.0 231010s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023029800 9781481465830 hardcover 148146583X hardcover (OCoLC)1402235284 TxAuBib rda Williams, Alicia, 1970-, author. Mid-air / by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff. First edition. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. ©2024. 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling. It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guinness World Records before high school. But now, more and more, Drew seems to be fading from their friendship, and though he won't admit it, Isaiah knows exactly why. Because Darius is...gone. A hit and run killed Darius in the midst of a record-breaking long wheelie when Isaiah should have been keeping watch, ready to warn: "CAR!" Now, Drew can barely look at Isaiah. But Isaiah, already quaking with ache and guilt, can't lose two friends. So, he comes up with a plan to keep Drew and him together­­­--they can spend the summer breaking records, for Darius. But Drew's not the same Drew since Darius was killed, and Isaiah, being Isaiah, isn't enough for Drew anymore. Not his taste in clothes, his love for rock music, or his aversion to jumping off rooftops. And one day something unspeakable happens to Isaiah that makes him think Drew's right. If only he could be less sensitive, more tough, less weird, more cool, less him, things would be easier. But how much can Isaiah keep inside until he shatters wide open? 20240723. Grief Juvenile fiction. Identity (Psychology) Juvenile fiction. Emotions in adolescence Juvenile fiction. Grief in adolescence Juvenile fiction. Guilt in adolescence Juvenile fiction. African Americans Juvenile fiction. Skateboarding Juvenile fiction. Identity (Philosophical concept) Juvenile fiction. Psychological fiction. Novgorodoff, Danica, illustrator. TXKPL