Take a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love and shape the world around them.

by Saundra Mitchell (May 26) Illustration by Lisel Jane Ashlock, Design by Erin Craig He’ll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother (the Grands) and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club.īut when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that.Īs Sam’s birthday approaches and he still hasn’t quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets.Ī mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he’s only seen in a dream might have the answers he’s been looking for-but time is running out to save the people he cares about.īuy it: Bookshop | Amazon | B&N | IndieBound All Out ed. Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the weeks before his birthday. The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations-if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to two girls falling in love while mourning the death of Kurt Cobain, forbidden love in a 16th-century Spanish convent, or an asexual girl discovering her identity amid the 1970s roller-disco scene, All Out tells a diverse range of stories across cultures, time periods and identities, shedding light on an area of history often ignored or forgotten.One of my favorite things is highlighting covers that’ve gotten a change-up for the new version, because the only thing better than a single queer book look is having to have two of the same one because they’re just so stunning! Here are some books that got new outfits for 2020: Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford (May 19)

Seventeen young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens. Take a journey through time and genres to discover stories where queer teens live, love, and shape the world around them.

All Out by Saundra Mitchell