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In the Silences by Rachel Gold
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Danika reviews In the Silences by Rachel Gold

July 23, 2019 by Danika Ellis

While Rachel Gold usually writes about gender and sexuality, In the Silences expands this by also tackling race. Although it does have a non-binary, genderfluid main character who is discovering and accepting their gender identity, it is just as much about Kaz learning about race, racism, and whiteness. While I originally was a bit worried about aRead More

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Danika reviews Nico & Tucker by Rachel Gold

February 19, 2018 by Danika Ellis

When Being Emily by Rachel Gold was published in 2012, it was one of the first YA novels to be from the point of view of a trans girl (although it was not own voices). Similarly, Nico & Tucker is representing a segment of the LGBTQIA+ community not often seen in media: nonbinary and intersex people. Nico isRead More

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Danika reviews My Year Zero by Rachel Gold

March 18, 2016 by Danika Ellis

When I met Blake, I had no idea that she would destroy my life. My Year Zero makes for a great addition to the lesbian YA genre. In a lot of ways, it’s a refreshing change from the standard lesbian YA narrative. Lauren is a Jewish teenager with an emotionally neglectful father. One of the otherRead More

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Danika reviews Being Emily by Rachel Gold

November 15, 2014 by Danika Ellis

  I feel very conflicted about this book. When I first heard about it, I was really excited to read it, because it is the first young adult book with a trans girl narrator, plus the main character is a lesbian. There are very few trans lesbian books, so they also get bumped up myRead More

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SPONSORED REVIEW: Danika reviews Just Girls by Rachel Gold

September 18, 2014 by Danika Ellis

Just Girls is one of the new releases that I was most excited about reading, because I found the premise very interesting. It tells the story of two women in college: Tucker, an out cis lesbian, and Ella, a bisexual trans woman. The book cycles between their perspectives. When Tucker finds out that people areRead More

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