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The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School

Sonora Reyes

Mexican American Yamilet starts Catholic high school alongside her younger brother Cesar, hoping to keep him out of trouble. After being outed at her former school, she plans to remain closeted, but develops a crush on Bo, a queer Chinese American classmate who openly supports gay rights. Yami’s judgmental religious mother is unaware that Cesar is bisexual, so Yami pretends to date his boyfriend. Her relationship with her deported father grows fraught when she comes out to him by text.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
681L
ATOS Book Level
4.4
AR Interest Level
UG
AR Points
15
Word Count
101040
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
P
Themes
Family · Identity · Love · Religion And Spirituality
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Published
May 17, 2022
Pages
385
ISBN-13
9780063060234
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2023Fiction for Young Adults
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