Pretty sure they already got the book banned. :(
I read it and it’s an amazing book about a kid who gets bullied for being gay as well as fat and half-asian.
As a girl who grew up half-asian in the south I remember facing bullying in school for not looking like everyone else.
The book is a hard read and does deal with dark and serious topics including domestic violence, bullying, self-hatred, homophobia and racism and suicide and mental health.
But overall I thought it was an amazing book- the kind that will save a kid’s life.
Because this book was based off of the author’s real childhood experiences.
Somewhere out there is a child struggling with a very difficult childhood - one that they don’t normally see in the books they consume - and this is the kind of book that says hey you are not alone. I struggled too and even wanted to commit suicide at one point, but I got through it and I survived and kept living and things got better.
(Now as a middle school teacher and especially with the “don’t say gay” laws it really breaks my heart that this book and others are getting banned. I can see that I have students who really need books like these.)