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Happy June, kidlit pals! I hope that this month brings plenty of sun, fun, and the start of a summer break! June is also the start of Pride month, and we’ve got some great LGBTQ+ books for all ages in addition to a bunch of great new book deals! Grab them while they’re hot, because they never last long!
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Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham is a fantastic graphic novel for just $3!
For the budding horror fan, The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste is a great series start for just $2!
For anyone who struggles with being the new kid, It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas is a great pick for $2!
Celebrate Pride! Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow is a great middle grade novel about a girl discovering her passion for drumming and a new crush, and it’s just $2.
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner is about a kid whose baseball hero came out as gay, and how he starts to figure out his own identity. It’s just $3.
Looking for something nonfiction? A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski is just $2.
And for the younger readers among us, Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Napoles and Dylan Glynn is a great picture book history of Pride for just $3!
Dogs in space! Need I say more? Voyage of the Dogs by by Greg van Eekhout is just $2!
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamra Giles is a speculative mystery (and first in a series) for any kid who wishes summer would last forever! Grab it for just $2.
The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly is a perfect pick for fantasy and mystery readers who want to read about a girl destined to take her twin’s place when she vanishes–but she’s determined to find the truth first! It can be yours for $2.
Happy reading!
Tirzah