This month, we set off for Grade 7 with a 12-year-old who wants to be the best at something—anything—to fit in, impress his crush and to offset the growing anxiety he feels as a gay South Asian middle-schooler.
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This month, we wade into the slushy, emotional intricacies of grieving, chosen family… and mermaids. How does a kid heal from a loss that she thinks is her fault, when she fears that her mother might also blame her? Answer: mermaids may have something to do with it.
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This month, we meet the world’s first time traveller, who drops intriguing clues about the future that make us want to steal the code book he carries. We also plumb the terrifying depths of an old country house used as a recording studio by an alt rock band, and ride across the American southwest with a posse of queer outlaw librarians.
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This month, we find out how much we learn in the first years of life, conquer our fear of diving, worry about whether our first crush will be reciprocated or not, defend our right to love our own hair, attend a global and diverse magical boarding school and fight alongside two foster kids for a place in a loving home on Cape Cod Island.
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