Fandom squee post

[evil_plotbunny]

The nice thing about children's book fandoms is they're mostly short (I'm looking at you, Chalet School), so now might be the perfect time to pick up a new fandom or revisit an old favorite.

Tell us why we should read your awesome fandom in the comments. Don't forget to link to legal sources, if they're available. Many long out of print books are now appearing as ebooks. And there's always the library.

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[jadelennox]

Dia Reeves' dark, twisted Portero universe takes place in the fictional East Texas town of Portero. Hanna Jarvinen, the heroine of Bleeding Violet, is the bipolar child of a bipolar white Finnish father and a black Texan mother, and when she moves to Portero to live with her mother she gets wrapped up in Portero's weirdness. The books aren't judgemental about teen sexuality, mental illness, or -- to be honest -- some gruesome violence.

Book two, Slice of Cherry, is the best YA book I'd never put in a teen's hands (it's too weird about when it's morally justifiable to, er, be a serial killer. But in an AWESOME WAY).

Also the Juneteenth barbecue is yay cool.

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