YA LGBT Books discussion

Both books in the voting this month got more votes than in the past several, and were almost tied, so since one is fiction and one autobiography, I decided we should put up both and members can read whichever appeals to them:

Book 1 for Jan-Feb 2020 is Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak

Seventeen-year-old Aidan Lockwood lives in the sleepy farming community of Temperance, Ohio—known for its cattle ranches and not much else. That is until Jarrod, a friend he hasn't seen in five years, moves back to town and opens Aidan's eyes in startling ways: to Aidan's ability to see the spirit world; to the red-bearded specter of Death; to a family curse that has claimed the lives of the Lockwood men one by one…and to the new feelings he has developed for Jarrod.


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I look forward to seeing what the group thinks of this one.

This is a wonderful book!!! I might read it again and join the discussion!

I read this several years ago, and loved it. I'm also tempted to do a reread...