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Happy Latine Heritage Month! We’re celebrating as we do with books by Latine authors,  starring Latine main characters, and if you want even more recs, check out past years’ posts! Middle Grade Sol Goes for Goal! by Julio Anta, illus. by Gabi Mendez Welcome back to Hillside Valley-this time it’s Game On for Sol! Twelve-year-old Sol is a great friend, a model student, a beloved daughter and a star soccer player.

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Hyperestis - "high priestess" - Portland, OR. Atmospheric, textured, plaintive, with dark themes. Drum machines, synths, sometimes guitars. Emotional or emotionless vocals. Songs.

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This post is sponsored by Rien Grey in honor of Sapphic Fantasy Romance Galeas the Keen! Buy it: Amazon | Personal Shop | Other Retailers *** War Boys: A Father and Son Memoir by Jason Prokowiew (1st) As a child, Jason Prokowiew lived in fear of his father, an abusive alcoholic. Lonely and full of shame and guilt, Prokowiew recounts a lonely childhood, colored by struggles with weight, self-image, and his emerging identity as a gay man.

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Finding My Spark by Isabelle Jameson and Sylvain Cabo, trans. by Ann Marie Boulanger (August 18th) When puberty hits, Alex begins to realize he's been misgendered as a girl his whole life. First, he stops wearing dresses and paints his room a dark color. Then he cuts his hair short. But people still aren't seeing the real him. His mom has always called him her "little star," but he doesn't feel like shining.

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