Season 2, Episode 4: Being True to Yourself

Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! New format: we will talk about 2 books on a theme. Let us know if you like it! Both of the books we talk about are about LGBTQ characters, one contemporary setting and the other set in the past. No matter the setting, both books are about finding and being true to yourself. Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile. Mary’s book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. High School, Grades 9-12. Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1/19/21. Marisa’s book: Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore. Teen, Grades 8-12. Published by Bloomsbury, 3/9/21. Books we talked about this episode: Ash by Malinda Lo Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell (Editor) Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd Adaptation by Malinda Lo Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf <remembered Cold War titles: Suspect Red L.M. Elliot and Fallout by Todd Strasser> Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler (Editor) That Way Madness Lies by Dahlia Adler (Editor)