The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 3 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 2 Mental Health Representation: 1 Religious Representation: 2 Own Voice: Yes This is a fantasy novel whose cast is composed of majority BIPOC and with lots of lgbtq+ representation. The main characters are semidioses (demigods) and dios (gods), but otherwiseContinue reading “The Sunbearer Trials”
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Loveless
Book Alice Oseman Reviewed by Anonymous The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 4 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 3 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes Loveless is a story about a girl named Georgia figuring out her sexuality during her freshman year of college. She goes to school neverContinue reading “Loveless”
I Wish You All The Best
Book YA By Mason Deaver Reviewed by Anonymous The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 3 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 3 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 2 Own Voice: Yes **CW transphobia from parents** I Wish You All The Best is a story about a nonbinary teen, Ben, who comes out toContinue reading “I Wish You All The Best”
Unlikely Exploits Series
Book Series By Philip Ardagh Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 2 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 5 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 1 Own Voice: No The Unlikely Exploits Trilogy tells the surreal, morbid and at times strangely beautiful story of the quirky and determined McNally children whoseContinue reading “Unlikely Exploits Series”
Doctor Aphra
Book Rated T By Kieron Gillen, Simon Spurrier, Salvador Larroca, and Alyssa Wong Reviewed by Jesse King The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 4 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 2 Body Size Representation: 2 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 3 Mental Health Representation: 4 Religious Representation: 1 Own Voice: The series that started in 2020 is own voice. Doctor Aphra is StarContinue reading “Doctor Aphra”
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue/The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Book series By Mackenzi Lee Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 5 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 1 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 5 Own Voice: No **CW: abuse, suicidal thoughts** The Montague Siblings series is a chaotic fantasy adventure saga filled with pirates, dragons, alchemy and all-round adventure.Continue reading “The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue/The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy”
The Bagthorpe Saga
Book By Helen Cresswell Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 0 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: Yes The Bagthorpe saga tells the purple prose-ridden, hysterical tale of the chaotic and terrible Bagthorpes, a deeply dysfunctional and quirky clan whose everyContinue reading “The Bagthorpe Saga”
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Book By Angela Chen Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 5 Body Size Representation: 0 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 0 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: yes Ace is an in-depth and intersectional look at various ace and aro-related issues and how various other identities and experiences complicate the experience.Continue reading “Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex”
The Pure Dead Saga
Book Ages 9-12 By Debi Gliori Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 0 LGBTQ+ Representation: 0 Disability Representation: 0 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 0 Own Voice: yes-the author has written about her own depression The Pure Dead Saga takes place in Stregia-Schloss the home of the quirky Stregia-BorgiasContinue reading “The Pure Dead Saga”
The Change Series
Book By Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith Reviewed by Kit The following are out of 5 Racial Representation: 5 LGBTQ+ Representation: 5 Disability Representation: 5 Body Size Representation: 5 Gender Representation: 5 Socioeconomic Representation: 0 Mental Health Representation: 5 Religious Representation: 2 Own Voice: No-though one of the authors is a therapist focused on treating PTSD The stranger Saga is a surprisingly idealistic andContinue reading “The Change Series”
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