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Monday, May 25, 2020

Rainbow Book Month






 

June is right around the corner and with it comes

Pride Month.

The pandemic may have caused the parade

and other festivities to be canceled,

but you can still celebrate the love through reading.

We welcome you to explore our suggested reads

and follow the links to our online catalog.

Don't forget to place the title on hold

and we will call you when your hold is ready!



2020 Releases




Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
"In a world where some people are born with powers and some people take them, brothers Emil and Brighton Rey get swept up in a supernatural turf war generations in the making"-- Provided by publisher


The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
"Teen boys find love when their parents’
NASA mission uproots their lives
 in this sweet debut perfect for Adam Silvera fans."
philstamper.com

The Gravity of Us

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
"Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore - beautiful, tall, blond, with a rich real-estate-developer father and a swimming pool in her backyard. Michael - with a ponytail down his back and a septum piercing⁠ - lives with his aunt in the cramped stucco cottage next door. When Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard, he discovers that her life is not as perfect as it seems. At six foot three, Bunny towers over their classmates. Even as she dreams of standing out and competing in the Olympics, she is desperate to fit in, to seem normal, and to get a boyfriend, all while hiding her father's escalating alcoholism. Michael has secrets of his own. At home and at school Michael pretends to be straight, but at night he tries to understand himself by meeting men online for anonymous encounters that both thrill and scare him. When Michael falls in love for the first time, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and a terrible, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and Bunny's futures⁠⁠ - and of their friendship."--Publisher description.
The Knockout Queen

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
"Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing"-- Provided by publisher.

Upright Women Wanted

Reverie by Ryan La Sala
"REVERIE is a YA contemporary fantasy novel about what happens when the worlds we hide within ourselves become reality, and how far we’re willing to go to confront our darkest dreams. It features a diverse cast of queer teens doing their best to master powers that spawn from their greatest fears, to defeat a sorceress determined to tear apart reality and start over on her own terms." -https://www.ryanlasala.com/reverie/
Reverie

 

  

Fiction




Non-Fiction



Graphic Novels



The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang

The Prince and the Dressmaker


Love is Love
Love is Love

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni
Grease Bats

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
Check, Please!

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman
Stage Dreams


Juvenile 



[Photo Courtesy of Julie Ventcinque: 2019 Chicago Pride  Parade]



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