Welcome to Litsy!

In this book three seemingly separate storylines come together to help start a discussion about book censorship and how early young people can handle LGTBQ+ content.

It is very slow at work right now so I‘m going to start this and see how far I get before anyone else enters the building.

Middle grade novel with 2 story lines: one where two boys develop feelings for each other and begin a relationship, and the other where a 5th grader's mom challenges a book the class is reading because the main characters might be gay. And a 3rd storyline where we get excerpts from the book that's being challenged.

“…there‘s something important about going back to books you‘ve already read. You will always find new thing inside or have new reaction to characters you thought you already knew well. You learn more about the story and you also learn more about yourself as a reader, and where you are in life.”

This was hard to read at first in the midst of fielding challenges at my own library. Ultimately, it was joyful and satisfying. I really ought to read more Levithan; I always love what he does with narrators and points-of-view.

(Middle Grade) If you want to see me get on my soapbox just bring up book banning. Gah! Not all books are for all readers so if something offends you leave it for someone else. So simple. Loved Ban This Book (Alan Gratz) and this one gave me similar vibes but a different perspective.