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This One Summer
"This graphic novel captures Rose's summer on the cusp of adolescence, caught between her younger friend's childish interests and the compelling (but confusing) adult world. Episodic vignettes, contextualizing flashbacks, and Rose's own musings-all…
When everything Feels Like the Movies
"Gr 10 Up--Reid introduces readers to Jude, a gay teen who fantasizes about being a movie star. Jude, who has been given the nickname Judy by some classmates, is fairly comfortable with his sexual orientation as well as his desire to wear his…
Thirteen Reasons why
"Everything affects everything," declares Hannah Baker, who killed herself two weeks ago. After her death, Clay Jensen--who had a crush on Hannah--finds seven cassette tapes in a brown paper package on his doorstep. Listening to the tapes, Hannah…
The Hate U Give
"Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two very different worlds: one is her home in a poor black urban neighborhood; the other is the tony suburban prep school she attends and the white boy she dates there. Her bifurcated life changes dramatically when…
I am Jazz
"This enlightening autobiographical picture book tells the story of a transgender child who knew from the time she was two that despite her physical body she wasn't really a boy. Young Jazz was passionate about her love of mermaids, dancing,…
Julian is a Mermaid
"Told with minimal text, the joyous illustrations do the bulk of the work as we meet beautiful Julian, a young boy who loves mermaids. He loves them so much he feels he is one. When he reveals his true self to his Nana there is a perfect…
Juliet Takes a Breath
Juliet Milagros Palante is a self-proclaimed closeted Puerto Rican baby dyke from the Bronx. Only, she's not so closeted anymore. Not after coming out to her family the night before flying to Portland, Oregon, to intern with her favorite feminist…
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textures of your pandemic experience
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A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.