A review by sketchysoymilk
Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow

5.0

This book is a bit young for me, but honestly that’s what is so great about it. This is a reminder that the world is progressing. It’s a little slice of life queer book directed at middle schoolers. It explains queerness in adolescence with no stigma, no judgement, and answers a lot of questions I personally had as a queer teen. The love story is super adorable and the author has a clear vision of the maturity difference between being 13 and 18, which is honestly uncommon in YA fiction. I love what this book represents and how it reflects how different things were when I was a questioning queer child, and I’m hoping it falls into the hands of queer kids around the world.