All Elle Campbell wants to do is meet their personal hero, nonbinary icon Nuri Grena. Well, okay, they'd like a bit more than that--they'd like to learn how to do cat eye makeup, for queen bee Casey to stop critiquing her outfits, and for the finale of Elle's favorite show to have been less terrible. But meeting Nuri means the most of all. When Elle learns that Nuri is coming to town for a book signing on Saturday, Elle is thrilled. They've never...

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it's that struggle that gives the book its original structure:...

The Stonewall Riots were a series of violent and chaotic demonstrations that lasted over several days and are today seen as the start of the modern LGBTQ+ movement. They began on June 28, 1969, when the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village in New York City. Many people were involved in and affected by the riots, but what exactly happened early in the morning on June 28? The Stonewall Riots brings the uprising into perspective...

If this were a horror movie, Yuiza would know exactly what to do. They live and breathe horror, making their own films with their friends in their spare time. But now Yuiza's being sent away from their friends--away from their beloved, protective family--away from their home in the Bronx. Their destination: Our Lady of Perpetual Mercy, an elite boarding school that prepares students for the Ivy Leagues. From the moment Yuiza sets foot on the campus,...

"Three misfit girls come together to avenge the rape of a girl none of them knew and in the process start a movement that transforms the lives of everyone around them"--

Stella's class is having a Mother's Day celebration, but what's a girl with two daddies to do? It's not that she doesn't have someone who helps her with her homework or tucks her in at night. Stella has her Papa and Daddy who take care of her and a whole gaggle of other loved ones who make her feel special and supported every day. She just doesn't have a mom to invite to the party. Fortunately, Stella finds a unique solution to her party problem in...

Liv feels different. And he's pretty sure it's because he's the only one who knows that even though he was born a girl, he's definitely a boy. But the biggest problem in his life right now is his new school's terrible dress code. He's not allowed to wear pants--only skirts. Operation: Pants Project begins! With the help of a new friend, Liv is on a mission to change the mind of the principal--and the whole school. The only way for Liv to get what...

Sister Carrie (1900) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Controversial for its honest depiction of work, desire, and urban life, Sister Carrie has endured as a classic of naturalist fiction and remains a powerful example of social critique over a century after its publication. Despite poor reviews upon publication, the novel is now considered a landmark of American literature. Tired of the countryside, Carrie Meeber moves to Chicago to live with her older...