All Boys Aren’t Blue

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In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.A New York Times Bestseller!Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature storiesFrom the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren’t Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson’s emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.Velshi Banned Book ClubIndie BestsellerTeen Vogue Recommended ReadBuzzfeed Recommended ReadPeople Magazine Best Book of the SummerA New York Library Best Book of 2020A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020 … and more!\n\n\n\nDETAILS\nPaperback\nISBN-13: 9781250895561\nPublisher: Square Fish\n\nPublication Date: January 16, 2024\nPages: 336\n\nHardcover\n\n\nISBN-13: 9780374312718\n\nPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)\n\nPublication Date: April 28, 2020\nPages: 320\n\n\n\n