Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product o the author’s imagination or are used ctitiously. King asks readers to question everything-and offers hope to those who will never stop seeking real love. In this truly original portrayal of a girl struggling to break free of society's definitions, Printz Honor author A.S. But little does Astrid know just how much even the tiniest connection will affect these strangers' lives-and her own-for the better.

She can't share the truth with anyone except the people at thirty thousand feet, and they don't even know she's there. like what it means that she's falling in love with a girl.Īs her secret relationship becomes more intense and her friends demand answers, Astrid has nowhere left to turn. She doesn't know the passengers inside, but they're the only people who won't judge her when she asks them her most personal questions. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. A fire and minor water ingress had been reported.Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said coastguard rescue teams from St Margaret’s Hope, Stromness and Kirkwall, alongside Stromness and Longhope RNLI lifeboats, responded to a mayday broadcast from the passenger vessel after it was grounded. “A thorough investigation will be needed to establish how this major incident aboard the Pentland Ferries vessel occurred.” “RNLI lifeboats have been dispatched and all of the ferry’s passengers and crew are reported to be safe.

In a statement the union said: “We are aware of a major incident onboard the MV Pentalina which has run aground, taking on water with a fire in the engine room. The RMT union said a full investigation into what happened was now needed. On Sunday the company said all sailings between the Scottish mainland and Orkney were cancelled and that it was contacting all customers due to travel. The company said the Pentalina had “undergone a technical overhaul, including a full service of all four engines and generators”. The Pentalina had only on Wednesday returned to service on the 80-minute crossing from Gills Bay across the Pentland Firth to St Margaret’s Hope. The ferry company Pentland Ferries said smoke was detected in the engine room of MV Pentalina shortly before it grounded near its destination, the village of St Margaret’s Hope on Orkney.

Ask the Passengers by A.S. King