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Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 5
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Three teens chase their own version of the American Dream during the Roaring 20s in this YA remix of The Great Gatsby"--
New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city's glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future -- and his life as a man -- and benefit his family. Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his...
Author
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In The Queer Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) tells her story, from her roots as a young socialist activist in the 1960s to ordained minister in the '90s to member of provincial parliament. As the New Democratic member representing Parkdale-High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2017, DiNovo passed more LGBTQ bills than anyone in Canadian history. She describes the behind-the-scenes details of major changes to the law,...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Trapped in a working-class Madrid slum in the 1980s, a woman navigates the local party scene involving heroin and disco while searching for belonging in a potentially violent world where every choice can be fatal.
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