Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Fiction: July-December 2022
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Fiction: July-December 2022
The Language of Seabirds by Will Taylor (July 19th)
Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It’s the first summer after his parents’ divorce, and he hasn’t exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn’t have a choice, though, so he goes… and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself…
Leave and let me go
You’re not meant for me, i know
Carry on, carry on, and i’ll stay strong
Leave and let me go
I will think of you, i know
But carry on, carry on, and i’ll stay strong
Someone else will keep you warm, from now on
Someone else will keep you safe from the storm
But i’ll be with you wherever you go
So you will never be alone
I’m going where the wind blows
Going where the lost ones go
I will be with you
I’m losing the love i found
Crying without a sound
Where have you gone?
I will be with you
You were my fool for love
Sent me from high above
You were the one
I will be with you
I’m going where the wind blows
Going where the lost ones go
Leave and let me go
Don’t look back just let me know
You’ll carry on, carry on, you must stay strong
Nothing ever looks the same in the light
Nothing ever seems to quite turn out right
But when you realize that you have been loved
You will never be alone
I’m going where the wind blows
Going where the lost ones go
I will be with you
I’m losing the love i found
Crying without a sound
Where have you gone?
I will be with you
You were my fool for love
Sent me from high above
You were the one
I will be with you
I’m going where the wind blows
Going where the lost ones go
Leave and let me go
Baby i can’t come along
So carry on, carry on, you must stay strong
Songwriters: Espen Lind/Magnus Rostadmo / source
Overall Meaning
The lyrics to Sissel's song There The Lost Ones Go illustrate the struggle of a protagonist who is trying to move on from the person they love. The repeated demand to "leave and let me go," emphasizes the desire for separation from the loved one, as the singer recognizes that they are not meant to be together. The line "Someone else will keep you warm, from now on / Someone else will keep you safe from the storm," reveals that the singer understands their ex-lover will find someone else to fulfill their needs. Despite the painful separation, the singer pledges to be with their ex wherever they go. They recognize that they may not be with them physically, but they will always be there in spirit. The chorus, "I'm going where the wind blows / Going where the lost ones go" denotes the desire for the singer to move on and start anew. However, they will always carry the irrevocable memories of their time together. The song's theme of separation and letting go has universal appeal, and its lyrics' emotive style reflects this. Sissel's soaring vocals bring to life the emotions of the heartbroken protagonist, and the song has become a popular choice for mournful moments, such as funerals. / source
bro can you imagine being tritter. you’re a power hungry cop who just wants to get revenge on the asshole doctor who humiliated you, so you approach his prescribing physician saying “here’s cold hard proof that he committed several crimes and endangered your career”. and instead of testifying against him in light of this information he’s like nooo he didn’t do anything wrong!! it was my fault actually that he committed felonies without my knowledge!! don’t take him away!! send me to prison instead!!! like. what do you even do with that
Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
Thirteen-year-old Nikhil Shah is the beloved voice actor for Raj Reddy on the hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. But being a star on TV doesn’t mean you have everything figured out behind the scenes. . . .
When his mom temporarily moves them to the small town in Ohio where she grew up to take care of Nikhil’s sick grandfather, Nikhil feels as out of…
thinking about zosan where zoro still calls sanji cook, but it rankles him to no end because (no offence to cooks, now) he is a chef. he has sweat, bled and cried for the right to call himself that. he has the burns and the scars and the skills to prove it.
but eventually he gets used to it; after a while it wears like a well-used sweater. it’s just another annoying name in the arsenal zoro has for him.
and then. one day, after they’ve been sailing together for a while, they’re in the galley and sanji absentmindedly asks zoro to do something and he answers with a “yes, chef” and sanji freezes.
he straightens. turns around. stares at zoro until the swordsman feels it and looks back, and sanji blinks. “you called me chef.”
and zoro, the bastard, has the audacity to shrug like it’s no big deal. “you are a chef. what’s the problem?”
“there’s—” sanji pauses. takes a fortifying breath and tries to stomp down on the bloom of warmth beneath his sternum. “—no problem. there’s no problem. i want those onions in rings in two minutes.”
“yes, chef,” zoro repeats teasingly, flipping the knife in his hand and getting to work, and sanji stares into the pot he’s stirring on the stove for longer that he’d like to admit.
zoro’s so blasé about the whole thing, he wonders if he’s being fucked with— but the strangely affectionate hip check he gets says otherwise, as do the knuckles scrubbed into the top of his head as they finish up dinner.
from then on, he’s chef.
(but would sanji be insane if he said that he missed being called cook?)
i just got my library card renewed after a very long time - do you know what all i can do with it other than taking out books? because i know there's more things but i feel like it's a silly question to ask
Not at all, and welcome back to the library life! Your millage may vary based on which of these services your library has available, but here's a few things I know of off the top of my head that are pretty common:
The library might have CDs, movies, and even newspapers you can borrow as well
Libby, an app that uses your library card to borrow and download ebooks and audiobooks to enjoy on your mobile device or e-reader
Kanopy, a streaming service for TV shows and movies
Hoopla, which has a whole bunch of stuff like shows & movies, comics, and magazines
Your library might have a makerspace that gives you access to things like 3D printers, button makers, computers with a bunch of Adobe software, ect
Sometimes they host book clubs or other fun community events!
my "#library guides" tag also has a number of posts about services like these if you'd like some more info. Your library's website should also list what services they offer, and/or you could ask a librarian there. Have fun!