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An Engaging and Realistic Queer Coming of Age: Middletown by Sarah Moon

January 23, 2025 by Til

Content warnings: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, sexual harassment by an authority figure, parental neglect, bullying Middletown by Sarah Moon is a middle-grade/on-the-cusp-of-YA novel about 13-year-old Eli, whose mom’s stint in court-ordered rehab leaves her and her 17-year-old sister alone. Eli and her sister Anna are desperate not to be split up, so they lie. They claim their auntRead More

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Stuck Between Too Much and Not Enough: Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz

February 27, 2024 by Meagan Kimberly

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Etta Sinclair is a bisexual teenager living with an eating disorder in the middle of Nebraska. She is also Black, comes from a high-income family, attends a private school and is a former ballerina. Everything about her makes her exist outside the boundaries setRead More

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Danika reviews Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

March 28, 2019 by Danika Ellis

When I finished Fat Angie, I felt a bit conflicted about it. I liked the character and thought the language use was interesting, but it was so dark that I felt like I couldn’t find even a glimmer of hope. Despite the many strong elements of the novel–who can resist queer girls kissing to the theme songRead More

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Quinn Jean reviews The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

September 23, 2018 by Danika Ellis

[Please note: this novel contains occasional depictions of violence and this review mentions these in the first and final paragraphs] Like its eponymous heroine, The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza defies categorisation. Hutchinson’s novel never doubts the reader’s intelligence and jumps right into the centre of events at the start. Elena Mendoza is introduced as aRead More

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The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

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