Baby Be-Bop
Readers rate it 3.6 (11 on Hardcover)
76 pages · Released Nov 9, 2010 · Harper Collins
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Baby Be-Bop is a poetic, magical-realist novella that centers a teen boy's journey to self-acceptance as gay, supported by ghostly visits from deceased family members. The book is primarily affirming and emotionally supportive, with beautiful prose and gentle messaging about identity. However, it touches on themes of parental loss, grief, and the weight of hiding one's sexuality, and includes some mild language and references to sexuality appropriate for older teens.
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Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother. Dirk MacDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations from his dead father and great-grandmother.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- Fiction
- LGBTQ
- Homosexuality
- Ghosts
- Homosexuality -- Fiction.
- Ghost stories
- Reading Level-Grade 7
- Reading Level-Grade 6
- Reading Level-Grade 8
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ISBN 9780062035929 · Harper Collins