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.
May Discussion Book and Date:
The Golden Hour
Wednesday May 6th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
by: Niki Smith
Struggling with anxiety after witnessing a harrowing instance of gun violence, Manuel Soto copes through photography, using his cell-phone camera to find anchors that keep him grounded. His days are a lonely, latchkey monotony until he’s teamed with his classmates, Sebastian and Caysha, for a group project.
Sebastian lives on a grass-fed cattle farm outside of town, and Manuel finds solace in the open fields and in the antics of the newborn calf Sebastian is hand-raising. As Manuel aides his new friends in their preparations for the local county fair, he learns to open up, confronts his deepest fears, and even finds first love.
June Discussion Book and Date:
Love, Misha
Wednesday June 3rd from 6:00 – 7:30 PM
by: Askel Aden
Can this road trip get any worse?
Yes, Mom (Audrey) wanted to spend time with Misha. And yes, she’s never around and they don’t even live together, so this is a rare opportunity. But Audrey still thinks of Misha as her daughter, despite Misha being non-binary and trying to talk to her openly about it. Misha even tries to write how they feel in a letter, but that isn’t going well either.
Then a wrong turn down a forest road leads the mother-child duo straight into the Realm of Spirits! Suddenly in peril and without a clue how to return to their world, Misha and Audrey will have to work together to find their way back home. But can they find a way back to each other?
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
