June is Rainbow Book Month! We look forward to highlighting LBTQ+ titles for young readers. This week on the Butler Bookshelf you will find The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass. Douglass tells the story of 16-year-old Jake Livingston. Jake is a medium who sees dead people everywhere. He must juggle the pressures of this along with those caused by the racism he faces as one of the few Black students at a private school. Things begin to look up when he meets the handsome Allister, a new Black student. However, life as a medium worsens, as Jake becomes haunted by the vengeful ghost of a troubled teen who shot and killed six teens at a local high school before taking his own life. Suddenly, high school becomes a different kind of survival game. For more riveting titles featuring LGBTQ+ representation, check out the list below!

Bruised
Written by Tanya Boteju
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Available now!

Daddy & Dada
Written by Ryan Brockington & Isaac Webster and Illustrated by Lauren May
Published by Brown Books for Young Readers
Available now!

The Taking of Jake Livingston
Written by Ryan Douglass
Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Available July 13, 2021

How to Save a Queendom
Written by Jessica Lawson
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Available now!

Fire with Fire
Written by Destiny Soria
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Available June 8, 2021

Grandad’s Camper
Written and Illustrated by Harry Woodgate
Published by little bee books
Available now!