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June / July 2023

Recent Releases
In the lives of puppets
by TJ Klune

When an unwitting act of betrayal leads to the capture of his android Gio, who once hunted humans, Victor Lawson and his assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to the City of Electric Dreams to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.

Available on Overdrive
The librarian of burned books : a novel
by Brianna Labuskes

Set against the backdrop of World War II, this unforgettable novel, inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime, follows three women whose fates become intertwined by their belief in the power and goodness in the written word to triumph over the very darkest moments of war.

Available on Cloud Library
The late Americans
by Brandon Taylor

During a volatile year of self-discovery in the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, three friends, as each prepares for an uncertain future, head to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former lives—a moment of reckoning that leaves each of them irrevocably altered.
Flux : a novel
by Jinwoo Chong

Brandon experiences his reality unraveling when he begins losing chunks of time and finding himself in an apartment he doesn't recognize and starts to suspect his new employers have discovered time travel and are covering up violent crimes.

Available on hoopla and Cloud Library
Dykette : a novel
by Jenny Fran Davis

When a professionally creative, erotically adventurous and very dysfunctional 20-something lesbian couple is invited to the country home of older, richer and more prominent lesbians for the holidays, a complex web of infatuation and jealousy emerges.

Available on Cloud Library
Nonfiction
 
Pageboy : a memoir
by Elliot Page

The Oscar-nominated star who, after the success of Juno, became one of the world's most beloved actors, reveals how his career turned into a nightmare as he navigated criticism and abuse in Hollywood until he had enough and stepped into who he truly is with defiance, strength and joy.

 
What's the T?
by Juno Dawson

Defining an array of labels and identities, this eye-opening book offers uncensored advice on coming out, sex and relationships in the 21st century, while also providing real-life stories from the author's trans and nonbinary friends.

Available on hoopla
Officer Clemmons : a memoir
by Franðcois Clemmons

An intimate debut memoir by the Grammy Award-winning artist who famously played “Officer Clemmons” on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood traces his Oberlin College music studies, his embrace of his sexual orientation and his life-changing chance encounter with Fred Rogers.

Available on Cloud Library

 
Diary of a misfit : a memoir and a mystery
by Casey Parks

Part memoir, part investigative reporting, a sweeping journalistic saga explores sexuality and gender, family trauma and the redemptive force of love.

Available on Overdrive/Libby and Cloud Library
This heart holds many : my life as the nonbinary millennial child of a polyamorous family
by Koe Creation

Crowded parent-teacher conferences, queer youth summer camp, and parental adoptions over potluck dinner were typical of Koe's upbringing in a queer, polyamorous family. Taught from young age to embrace sex-positivity and LGBT acceptance, Koe had an experience of "family values" that differs wildly from many raised in conservative North America. Still: all families know conflict and all hearts know struggle, no matter how loved. This Heart Holds Many is a testament of transformative, communal love, as told by an educator and life-long learner who has dedicated their life to helping others grasp their extraordinary love.

Available on hoopla