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An excellent series of 2 novellas and a short story. All the stars.

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Planning on reading Giovanni‘s Room for published before 2000 and need to find a aro/ace book!

Anyone have any suggestions?

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“They all have perfect skin and clothes and talk about sports nonstop. We‘re not the same.”

This book would be great for middle schoolers or students experiencing puberty who can relate to the main character and not feel alone in the struggles of growing up.

Graphica
Published 2021
This book is about a boy in 8th grade who is facing many common struggles. He takes a medication for his acne that makes him feel different, and he struggles with feeling different from his friends. The colors in the pictures are more muted and neutral. The gutters are a little bit larger than in other novels, making the panels seem more separate.

This is a book that will stick with me for a while. I was introduced to several new-to-me concepts that are interesting to consider:
Terms like chrononormativity and frigidity
That asexuals are often assumed homosexual (if you're not in a hetero relationship, you must be hiding a same-sex one), because lack of desire is not valid. This thinking has been applied posthumously to both Langston Hughes and Octavia E. Butler, among others. ⤵️

This book is a great coming of age graphic novel that can be used for middle aged students to show they are not alone

“Acne. My mom says I have it now, but I won‘t when I‘m older.”

This graphic novel is about a middle grade child exploring new things about their body as they go through puberty. This story is extremely relatable and very easy to read.