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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Extraordinary!!

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Growing Up Trans by Kate Fry, Lindsay Herriot

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Really sweet. The kids are alright!! I do wish this had less of a focus on the cis people who helped put this together. Heck, I wish trans people put it together. Besides that, the art, book recommendations, and resources were a nice touch!!

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Cacophony of Bone by Kerri nĂ­ Dochartaigh

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.
Thought this would be up my street. I was very sadly mistaken. 
Watercress by Andrea Wang

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emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful story. Beautiful art. I cried.

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We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A must-read for EVERYONE!!

The only bit I felt oddly about was the quoting of an evangelical Christian?? Other than that, I was engaged in every single part of this collection!!

This is such a great introduction piece to P.I.C. Abolition!! However, I do think this has something to learn from no matter where you are in your journey.

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The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was such a sweet little graphic novel!!

The art is beautiful and I loved the cast of characters. However, it was jarring having violence thrown in for a few slides before going back to the cozy vibes. Yet, I understand why that part was included in the story.

Didn't realize this was a series until I picked it up so I am very excited to binge-read the other books!!

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There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Like this for what it was- a poetry collection about trans joy and resilience!!

I wish that the collection was a bit longer. I also wish there was a little more meat and flow to the poems themselves. I think the flow was off because of the back and forth from radical concepts of the future to immediate decisions on rampant antisemitism but overall it was an important read worth my time. 

Loved the mention of Palestine!! I think the mention of Palestine and abolishing police will definitely rub some people the wrong way but boy did it sure bring light into my chest!!

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What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The only thing keeping this from a 5-star read is the insistent fatphobia throughout the entire thing!! The constant remarks about our lovely library felt so out of place in a book that built itself to be positive, inspirational, and hopeful to the masses. 

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Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Unbelievably stunning!! 

Temi Oh has crafted a brilliantly beautiful story!! Finishing this book made me violently sob. The characters' complexities, relationships, and situations they find themselves in are done incredibly well. I felt as if I were on the ship with them, heading to Terra-Two!! My heart breaks for these characters in unfathomable ways.
 
This book does not shy away from talking about trauma and other hard-to-tackle conversations. So I have done my best to compile adequate content warnings for this book below. 

Additional content warnings:
Religious cult, depression, and Harry Potter and JKR references.

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Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Cute!!