June is Pride Month and we're celebrating with an amazing collection of books for middle grade and teen readers! Amplifying LGBTQIA+ voices helps our readers to become more empathetic, inclusive, and confident in embracing their authentic selves.
When I was young, I liked to hide. Literally in the closet. I felt safest there, with a flashlight, reading my books in peace. In the closet, I could be alone, my head filled with whatever adventure was on the...
The video game Stardew Valley has a simple premise: you’ve quit your day job and moved to a farmhouse passed onto you by your grandfather. You start your new life as a farmer and start to get to know the...
I originally wrote The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School because I wanted to send queer teens a message I so desperately needed when I was in their shoes: Being in the closet does not make you a liar. It doesn’t...
In middle school, I’d often spend lunch in the safety of the media center. From where I sat reading, I remember fixating on the army-green library bindings of The Book of Knowledge encyclopedia set. How cool, I’d think, everything there...
