The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one...
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to...
I'm really excited to both discover and share Out on the Shelves's online resource. I really love how they include the native terms in their description of who they are and who they're focused on helping: Out on the Shelves is run by InsideOUT, a national charity with...
There are moments when words come hard. When I started this blog over 13 years ago, I thought that maybe there were 30 books - picture books, middle grade, Young Adult - 30 books with LGBTQ main characters or themes. In all. That number has grown, and grown, and grown...
