The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

Rukhsana is a 17-year-old Bengali-American lesbian living in Seattle. In many ways, she’s lucky: she has a girlfriend she loves, lifelong friends, hardworking parents, and a full scholarship to Caltech. But there’s a cultural in-betweenness ... Read More »

January 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Beauty of the Moment

By Tanaz Bhathena

Senior year. First boyfriends. An adulterous parent. Those are just three of the elements Sarah Everett’s and Tanaz Bhathena’s new novels have in common. No One Here Is Lonely and The Beauty of the Moment ... Read More »

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

No One Here Is Lonely

By Sarah Everett

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Lost Boy

By Shelley Hrdlitschka

Seventeen-year-old Jon Nielsson has spent his entire life in Unity, a faith-based polygamous sect. He has already started to question the religion he has been brought up in since childhood when he is discovered kissing ... Read More »

November 19, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Ghost Road

By Charis Cotter

Ruth, the tween protagonist of Charis Cotter’s new novel, doesn’t know much about her family history. Her mother died suddenly when Ruth was only two years old, and her father doesn’t have a lot of ... Read More »

November 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Black Beach

By Glynis Guevara

Glynis Guevara’s second novel, Black Beach, is set in the small fishing town of La Cresta on an unnamed Caribbean island. The story follows 16-year-old Tamera Woods through a period of transition. She’s struggling in ... Read More »

November 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

North to Benjamin

By Alan Cumyn

Stephanie is nobody’s idea of a good mother. She doesn’t hold down a job; she’s emotionally immature; she moves from man to man; she drinks. But she’s all the family 11-year-old Edgar has. At the ... Read More »

November 5, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Synchro Boy

By Shannon McFerran

Synchro Boy by Shannon McFerran is a queer YA novel with a lot of potential, which sadly it does not fulfill. While tackling important and complex issues for contemporary queer teens – gender policing, homo/biphobia, ... Read More »

November 1, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Fake Blood

By Whitney Gardner

In the graphic novel Fake Blood, Whitney Gardner – author of the 2018 Schneider Family Book Award winner You’re Welcome, Universe – dips a gentle toe into the thrills of vampire romance and ponders how ... Read More »

October 29, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

The Light Between Worlds

By Laura E. Weymouth

What must life have been like for Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy after they returned from Narnia? That fabulous premise has inspired debut author Laura E. Weymouth’s The Light Between Worlds. When siblings Evelyn, Philippa, ... Read More »

October 18, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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