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Homelessness
I know that I talk about fairly devastating things on this blog all the time, but there are some things that I’m too afraid to talk about or find too upsetting–even me. I’ve been avoiding writing about child and teen … Continue reading
2013 Rainbow List
So the ALA awards have been announced. And there are some really exciting calls on there. But in award season, I wanted to draw special attention to the 2013 Rainbow List of 50 outstanding books for youth about GLBTQ issues. … Continue reading
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I just found this wonderful post from Malinda Lo, the author of the wonderful novel Ash. She has statistically broken down all of the YA lit being published for 2012 into it’s gay content. Head over and take a look. (Yay pie charts!)
