Erica talks queer YA graphic novels you should read and Kelly speaks with author and activist Frederick Joseph.

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Books Discussed:

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

Daybreak Volume One by Moosopp

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye (Translator)

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Brooms By Jasmine Walls, Teo Duvall (Illustrator)

This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph

The Black Friend by Frederick Joseph

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

Hey YA interview with Lamar Giles

Dwyane Wade

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

24 Seconds From Now . . . by Jason Reynolds

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Nic Stone

Gayle Forman

Ibi Zoboi

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