YA Pride!

Come commemorate Pride with these fantastic YA books from amazing queer authors! We're pleased to be hosting ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER, Broadway star and author of Limelight, and BRIAN SELZNICK, Caldecott Medalist and author-illustrator of Run Away With Me. From the fierce competition of a performing arts school to a summer romance in Rome, these are riveting reads that you just can't miss. Join us as we celebrate them!

About the Books

Limelight by ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER

New York City, 1996. For fifteen years, Staten Islander Danny Victorio has kept his head down, his mouth shut, and everyone out. Now, as a new student at LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, he's thrust into a world of fierce talent and fiery ambition. As he navigates overwhelming expectations, the ghosts of his past, and, for the first time, real friendship, Danny can’t shake the question: Where do I belong…if I belong at all? This is a story about discovering your voice, finding your family, and figuring out who, and where, you’re really meant to be.

Run Away With Me written and illustrated by BRIAN SELZNICK

Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome. As his mother spends the day at work in a mysterious museum, he wanders the ancient sites and streets. There, he encounters a shadow... who becomes a voice... who becomes a boy his age. Angelo.

Soon, Danny and Angelo are spending as much time as they can together, piecing together stories of the city while only gradually letting their own histories be shared. Attraction leads to affection, and affection leads to intimate closeness and a profound fear of what happens next. Danny has never really had a home, or known the love of another boy. Angelo seems to have more experience, but he also has secrets just out of Danny’s reach.

Monday, June 8th at 6pm at Our 17th St Store!