The first middle grade book ever to be set at Family Week in Provincetown is out today! Here are some tantalizing quotes from that title and other recent ones I haven’t covered yet.
The quotes below are intentionally out of context to prevent spoilers, but I hope they stir your interest in these recommended books. Click images or titles for full reviews—and see my full Database of LGBTQ Family Books for even more titles for ages 0 to 12 and for LGBTQ parents.
“Queer people know better than anyone what it means to make a family. This is our family. This is our week.”
—Family Week, by Sarah Moon (Knopf)
“I’m still not sure if a single question that asks you to pick the culture that you ‘most identify with’ qualifies as a survey.”
— Rainbow Fair, by Diana Ma (Clarion)
“I love being a lesbian. I love being queer. It makes me very happy, and I think everyone should be allowed to know that happiness is possible.”
—Carousel Summer, by Kathleen Gros (Quill Tree)
“In drag, I rise to my most powerful self—a forceful statement that commands respect.”
—The Queen Bees of Tybee County, by Kyle Casey Chu (Quill Tree)
“there is something so magical
about a hand held
about fingers intertwined”
—13 Ways to Say Goodbye, by Kate Fussner (HarperCollins)
“I’ve known since I was five.”
—Outsider Kids, by Betty C. Tang (Graphix)
“People can change. The hard thing is that they have to want to. They have to care. And making people care is a lot more challenging.”
—Rabbit Rabbit, by Dori Hillestad Butler and Sunshine Bacon (Holiday House)
“They helped me see what it means to trust good people.”
—Ghost Scout’s Honor, by Carey Blankenship-Kramer (Scholastic)
“Maybe all this time I’d spent trying to be more like everyone else meant I’d missed out on finding people who were more like me.”
—Vanya and the Wild Hunt, by Sangu Mandanna (Roaring Brook)