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Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Thoughtful and fierce queer YA about first love/loss, learning, intersectional feminism and finding your voice and your power.
Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp

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lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A powerful and urgent new collection of poems about life within and in exile from Gaza.
Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The third deliciously giggly queer romcom in Alexis Hall’s Something Something Regency romance series, a platonic/aromantic MF love story full of hijacks and hijinks, mutual abductions and rescuings. 

How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Contemporary queer YA about finding and defining ourselves, family and friendships, and a sweet young MM romance. 
Goddess of Democracy: an Occupy lyric by Henry Wei Leung

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

An historic and poetic insight into erasure and protest about (and from within) Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. 
Pull It Down by Matt Chun

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challenging funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

A fantastic new flip the flap book for young (and older) decolonisers.