It has been a little while since I have been able to write reviews- back to school can keep a librarian busy! But I am so thrilled to come back from a short sabbatical with this amazing book. Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind is a witty and wonderful (LGBTQ+) novel. I put the LGBTQ+ in parenthesis because this book is amazing for all aspects of the book, not just because it represents LGBTQ+ but also it is amazing because it does such a great job at representation as well. Wyatt is from Lincolnville, Indiana. As a ninth grader, he cannot wait until he is older and can be himself outside of his rural town. It is only when the town librarian gives him a book that turns out to change his life. While doing a project on everyone's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln, he was given a book on Joshua Fry Speed the president's intimate friend. Wyatt quickly realizes the truth behind this book- America's Favorite President was gay (or at least Bi). This is not a popular opinion and despite all of the proof from the book and other artifacts, this fact started a whole bunch of turmoil in his home town. This was the first audiobook I was able to preview using Netgalley. The audio was good, I wasn't the biggest fan of the actor, but the story was so great! After a little while I was able to ignore if the actor annoyed me or not.I have been looking for more LGBTQ+ realistic fiction for my library and I think this book would be a great addition to my school!
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Kaitlyn R CarpenterWriter. Reader. Librarian. Blogger. Teacher. YA lover. Archives
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