Outsiders Book Club
in partnership with Penguin Random House
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Would you rather read than fight a rumble? This is for you.
JUNE
Limelight
By Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Set against the gritty, vibrant backdrop of 1996 New York City—where peep-show palaces were giving way to Disney stores, “Club Kids” ruled the nightlife scene, and a new musical called Rent was driving teens to sleep on the seediest sidewalks of Times Square in hopes of a ticket—Limelight is a story about discovering your voice, finding your family, and figuring out who, and where, you’re really meant to be.
JULY
Rosa By Any Other Name
By Hailey Alcaraz
In this Romeo and Juliet–inspired retelling set during the civil rights era, a Mexican American girl is driven to join a movement for justice after her white classmate and best friend from the barrio are tragically murdered. Rosa by Any Other Name is a harrowingly beautiful coming-of-age tale that shines a light on an important and often overlooked facet of US history.
AUGUST
The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel
By Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent comes from a family of psychics. Only, she has never had the same clairvoyant abilities they had. Soon enough, she’s swept into a strange and shifting world woven into theirs, one far more dangerous than anything she could have dreamt up. Now reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted by Stephanie Williams and illustrated by Sas Milledge, The Raven Boys unravels a thrilling plot around a cast of characters impossible to forget.