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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

  • The Purr-cle of Life by Alex Gino - 4.25★
  • Girls Best Friend by Lisa Jenn Bigelow - 4★
  • The Makeover by Shing Yin Khor - 3★
  • Paper Planes by Claribel A Ortega - 4.25★
  • Petra & Pearl by Lisa Bunker - 4.75★
  • I Know the Way by Justina Ireland - 3.25★
  • Balancing Acts by A. J. Sass - 4.75★
  • Come Out, Come Out Whenever You Are by Eric Bell - 5★
  • Devoyn's Pod by Mariama J Lockington - 4.25★
  • Guess What's Coming to Dinner by Mark Oshiro - 4.75★
  • The Golem and the Mapmaker by Molly Knox Ostertag - 3.75★
  • The Wish & the Wind Dragon by Katherine Locke - 3.25★
  • Splinter and Ash by Marieke Nijkamp - 2.75★
  • Menudo Fan Club by Aida Salazar - 3.75★
  • Stacy's Mom by Nicole Melleby - 4★
  • Sylvie & Jenna by Ashley Herring Blake - 5★


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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

itsmichelle's review

4.0
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh, this book was just absolutely incredible! I loved every second that I was reading this book and just didn't want to put it down because I wanted to read more and more of it.

All of the main characters in this book were absolutely blooming brilliant and all so unique. I just adored reading all of their stories and seeing such a wide amount of representation for the LGBTQ+ spectrum aimed at children. I honestly don't think I could choose a favourite because they were all so good! On a more serious note, it was just amazing to see the representation in these characters for children because for LGBTQ+ kids this book is going to be so important. Plus, it's all framed within some wonderful worlds and stories.

The plots of all of the stories were just brilliant and heartwarming and I just finished each story with a warm fuzzy feeling in my chest because they were all so good and sweet and perfect. They were all so amazing and I liked how we got a mix of fantasy and contemporary and even a tad of historical fiction in there. It was just so great seeing all of the representation fitting so well into these stories because they were absolutely incredible and so well written.

Speaking of the writing, all of the stories were so well written and I just think that all of the authors included in this book deserve as much praise as they are going to get for this brilliant anthology. I cannot wait for kids to read this book!!

Ahhh so cute!! I loved it. Definitely liked the fantasy ones more but really all of them were gems. 
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
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Diverse cast of characters: Yes

What an adorable anthology! I'm glad it exists. My favourite stories were: The purr-cle of life, paper planes (!!), balancing act, come out, come out whenever you are and guess who's coming to dinner.