Teen Queer Reads / 1st Wed / 6-7:30 PM
Teen Queer Reads
A Monthly Book Club for Queer & Allied Youth.
(ages 12-18)
The first Wednesday of each month from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in the SAL Room.
Queer Reads is an LGBTQ-friendly book club for kids 12-18. It’s a safe place to share thoughts around books we are reading and to talk about ideas and issues.
If you have any questions please contact Anathe (Ana-Tay) Parkes @ Anathe@waterburypubliclibrary.com or call the library help desk @ (802) 244-7036.
Please stop by the help desk for a copy of the current months book.
August Discussion Book and Date:
Girls like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
Wednesday, August 5th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
by Hayley Kiyoko
Can this road trip get any worse?
It’s summertime and 17-year-old Coley has found herself alone, again. Forced to move to rural Oregon after just losing her mother, she is in no position to risk her already fragile heart. But when she meets Sonya, the attraction is immediate.
Coley worries she isn’t worthy of love. Up until now, everyone she’s loved has left her. And Sonya’s never been with a girl before. What if she’s too afraid to show up for Coley? What if by opening her heart, Coley’s risking it all?
They both realize that when things are pushed down, and feelings are forced to shrivel away, Coley and Sonya will be the ones to shrink. It’s not until they accept the love they fear and deserve most, that suddenly the song makes sense.
Based on the billboard-charting smash hit song and viral music video GIRLS LIKE GIRLS, Hayley Kiyoko’s debut novel is about embracing your truth and realizing we are all worthy of being loved back.
Discussion Group Question Sheets:
Bloom by Kevin Panetta, and Savanna Ganucheau
Crush by Tegan and Sara Quin, Tillie Walden
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo