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Some upcoming Middle-Grade and YA novels and graphic novels by (authors) and about (characters)
Queer/Trans Black, Indigenous, Persons of Colour - Published 2022
Have you read the Uglies series, by Scott Westerfeld?
We have it in our library collection
FIC WES
It's (supposedly) coming out on the big screen in 2023...well, the Netflix screen, whatever size your TV is!
Girls Like Girls
by Hayley Kiyoko
Hayley Kiyoko Writes First Novel <-- click me
Watch the Music Video Here!
From the article:
Hayley Kiyoko had been recording music for more than a decade when, in 2017, she finally felt ready to share her truth. “What is something you’ve never told anyone else?” asked her co-writer Lily Mae Young at the time. “Well,” Kiyoko responded, “I’ve never told any of my writing partners this, but I’m gay.”
Six years later, the 32-year-old singer is revisiting that moment with her debut novel, Girls Like Girls. Based on the single and its accompanying music video — also inspired by the singer’s own life, the clip depicts two teenage friends falling for each other over a summer.
Chloe Gong - These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends
A Romeo and Juliet story, based in 1920s Shanghai, China.
AND
...a new spinoff series, Foul Lady Fortune, featuring Rosalind.
Look for both of these:
FIC GON
Censorship Is Happening
2SLGBTQ+ books and authors are a Target, along with BIPOC authors and stories
Censorship Is Happening
2SLGBTQ+ books and authors are a Target, along with BIPOC authors and stories
QUEER BOOKS ARE A HYDRA: AN ANTI-CENSORSHIP MANIFESTO
Librarians are fighting back against conservative attacks on LGBTQ books
Pflugerville Library (Texas)
This is a before and after shot of what a single shelving unit in the library’s Teen Space would look like if we removed every book with content that could offend someone.
Out of 159 books, there are ten left on the shelves.
We removed books that contained profanity, teen drinking, religious content, racism, magic, abuse, sexual content, and more.
But in taking away those books, we also removed examples of friendship, love, courage, creativity, faith, forgiveness, reality, resilience, humor, and history.
As a public library, we seek to provide books and other materials that will interest the many people in our diverse community. We believe in giving our library guests the choice of what they check out and read. A book that one reader adores may be despised by another reader. And that’s okay.
We provide the books. You get to decide which books you and your family check out.
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