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A Scatter of Light

Malinda Lo

After a graduation party goes wrong, seventeen-year-old Aria is sent to stay with her grandmother in California. There she meets Steph, her grandmother’s gender-nonconforming gardener and a singer-songwriter. Steph introduces Aria to a working-class queer community in San Francisco. During the summer, Aria begins questioning her identity, sexuality, and what she wants to become. The novel is a standalone companion to Last Night at the Telegraph Club and also revisits Lily and Kath’s later lives.

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Themes
Art And Creativity · Community · Identity · Love
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
October 4, 2022
ISBN-13
9780525555308
Language
English
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