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camwyn ([personal profile] camwyn) wrote2020-12-02 12:03 pm
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Gift recommendation, if anyone has one?

Looking for some books for one of my young relatives for Christmas. He put What if It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Red, White, and Royal Blue: A Novel by Casey McQuiston on the list, and in the past has expressed a fondness for Hallmark Channel movies because the girl always gets the boy. Also fond of Steven Universe and k-pop. The only other book on the Amazon wishlist is a cookbook from Homeroom, the mac & cheese restaurant. I'm having a little trouble using the Smart Bitches Trashy Books bookfinder to turn up something that hits both Teen Reader and LGBTQ categories; anybody have any suggestions?

(In between yesterday and today, the She-Ra With Pride Flag sticker he had on the list appears to have been either bought for him or removed.)
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[personal profile] rymenhild 2020-12-02 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe

Adib Khorrab, Darius the Great is Not Okay

Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You The Sun

David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

Preston Norton, Where I End and You Begin

I've read and loved everything on this list except Darius, which has been highly recommended by an English teacher I trust.
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[personal profile] ceitfianna 2020-12-02 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Seconding Aristotle and Dante, that's an amazing book.

The Check Please books might work too, really good m/m graphic novels.