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New books alert: Cults, activism, a magical bookshop, deadly assassins, a rom-com, and more!
I can’t read/review every book I get, but it’s fun to be able to sift through boxes and see what grabs my attention, and to see what books will find loving new homes with the right reader. Here's what has arrived in the past few weeks.
Book Review: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Be ready to lose a day once you start reading; Mabel and Agnes will draw you into their worlds and not release their grip on you even after the last page. A lovely story that is sad and hopeful all at once.
What’s new in LGBTQIA+ YA September 2019
It’s time for another roundup for new and forthcoming YA (and sometimes not YA) books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters. Get ready to do some collection development!
Book Review: Frankly in Love by David Yoon
I absolutely loved this book. It’s smart, funny, sweet, sad, cute, and thoughtful in all the best ways.
Book Review: Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 by Don Brown
Though a bit of a disappointment, I still think this is worthwhile to have in collections just for the fact that it makes history accessible to readers who may otherwise give it a pass and because it does a worthy job of educating readers' on this awful pandemic.
Book Review: Have a Little Faith in Me by Sonia Hartl
This is a fun, standout story about self-examination, self-discovery, friendship, sex education, consent, and honesty.
PREMIUM
Orpheus Girl
A secondary purchase for libraries with large LGBTQIA+ YA collections that also offer more nuanced and positive looks at what it means to be gay.
Post-It Note Reviews: YA books about toxic relationships, the history of AIDS, gun control, voting rights, and more
Post-It Note reviews are a great way to display books in your library or classroom, a way to let kids recommend their favorite titles without having to get up in front of everyone and do a book talk, and an easy way to offer a more personal recommendation than just the flap copy offers.
Book Review: The Liars of Mariposa Island by Jennifer Mathieu
Jennifer Mathieu, the daughter of a Cuban refugee, spins an emotional, sensitive, and heartbreaking story about one dysfunctional family's survival and unhappiness.