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Alice Austen Lived Here parent’s guide: what’s inside
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This is a contemporary middle-grade novel centered on queer identity and history, written with age-appropriate humor and warmth. Sam and their friend TJ are nonbinary protagonists navigating school, family, and a history project about photographer Alice Austen. The book celebrates LGBTQ+ people and relationships as normal and worthy of celebration, while keeping the tone lighthearted and grounded in everyday challenges like homework and teacher respect. It's an affirming read for LGBTQ+ kids and allies alike, with minimal content concerns.
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From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and future. Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam's family is very cool with it... as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also requi... From the award-winning author of Melissa, a phenomenal novel about queerness past, present, and future. Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They're nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam's family is very cool with it... as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do their homework, and try not to antagonize their teachers too much. The teacher-respect thing is hard when it comes to Sam’s history class, because their teacher seems to believe that only Dead Straight Cis White Men are responsible for history. When Sam’s home borough of Staten Island opens up a contest for a new statue, Sam finds the perfect non-DSCWM subject: photographer Alice Austen, whose house has been turned into a museum, and who lived with a female partner for decades. Soon, Sam's project isn't just about winning the contest. It's about discovering a rich queer history that Sam's a part of -- a queer history that no longer needs to be quiet, as long as there are kids like Sam and TJ to stand up for it.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- A mix driven
- Strong Character Development
- Loveable Characters
- Diverse Characters
- funny
- informative
- inspiring
- lighthearted
- LGBTQ
- Young Adult
- Gender identity
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ISBN 9781338733839 · Scholastic Inc.