Tag: Bill Elenbark

• REVIEW: The Best Hardcore Band in Pa by Bill Elenbark

  

  The Best Hardcore Band in PA is the coming of age story of Cyrus, Jeff, and Mindy as misfit teens in a place where they’ll never be considered “normal”—Cyrus for being gay and losing his mother at age twelve; Jeff for playing hardcore music featuring the “devil’s lyrics” and questioning his sexuality in this town…

  charkinzie

  8 Jun 2023

  Books, coming out, Contemporary, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, mental health, new adult, self-discovery, young adult

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• REVIEW: I Will Be Okay by Bill Elenbark

  

  The Official Description: The intensity of two boys’ feelings for each other threatens to be overwhelmed by family tensions that rip them apart before their relationship even starts. Mateo’s father is overly obsessed with his fifteen-year-old son’s baseball achievements to the exclusion of other interests (manga, indie rock music, and Stick—the boy from the “troubled”…

  charkinzie

  30 May 2020

  coming out, Contemporary, general fiction, lgbtqia content, mental health, new adult, sports, young adult

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