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Wanting to read about love and romance with a YA twist? Check out this list of best teen romance books, including "The Opposite of Always," "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda," and "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl."

They include Macalester Prof. Duchess Harris, who expressed "deep concerns" about the investigation into Texas school districts having books that deal with race, sexuality and other issues.

. 2016. Reprint, Algonquin Young Readers, 2019. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the ba...

This year’s Lesbian Visibility Week takes place between 26 April and 2 May. To celebrate the week-long event we’ve compiled a list of some essential books written by and about lesbians that you need to add to your bookshelf. From inspirational memoirs to personal essays and feel-good stories to important historical texts, there’s plenty to get started with. Lesbian Visibility Week was created by DIVA publisher Linda Riley “both to celebrate lesbians and show solidarity with all LGBT+ w...

Since writing the poem five years ago, Petrus said she reposts the poem after a Black person is killed by police. It often gets shared on social media. After George Floyd’s death, the poem has particularly resonated in her community, which is now steeped in discussions about radically changing the way Minneapolis funds public safety — what many call “defunding the police” — or abolishing the police altogether. Petrus said she knows what it’s like to be targeted by police because s...