The Prince and the Dressmaker

Wang, J. (2018). The prince and the dressmaker. New York, NY: First Second. ISBN 978-1-62672-363-4; paperback; $16.99. Prince Sebastian has a secret: he likes to wear dresses. Only two people know that the stunning aristocrat Lady Crystallia, whose fashion is the talk of Paris, is also a teenaged prince who is supposed to be finding …

Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book

Miller, S., & Bley, L., eds. (2013). Not your mother’s meatloaf: A sex education comic book. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 978-1-59376-517-0; paperback; $15.95. Just like bodies, the comics in Not Your Mother’s Meatloaf come in all shapes and sizes. This compilation of short zines tells the stories of its many contributing authors – …

Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom

Franklin, E., & Halpin, B. (2012). Tessa Masterson will go to prom. New York: Walker & Company. ISBN 978-0-8027-2345-1; hard cover; $16.99. Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom is a story about the courage it takes to come out as lesbian in a small Indiana town, but on a more basic level it’s a book …

Weetzie Bat

Block, F. L. (1999). Weetzie bat (10th anniversary ed.). New York, NY: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-440818-3; paperback; $7.95. Weetzie Bat and her best friend Dirk are just normal teenagers living under the bright lights of L.A., until the day that Grandma Fifi gifts Weetzie a golden lamp, out of which appears – of all things …