Outsiders Book Club

in partnership with Penguin Random House

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JUNE

Illustrated cover of the book Limelight shows two people holding hands and floating above a cityscape at night, surrounded by shards of light, with the title and author Andrew Keenan-Bolger displayed.

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.

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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.

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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.

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