LGBTQIA+ Teen Book Club: Brilliant Death

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Art, LGBTQIA+, Literature

Age Group:

Teens
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Interested in reading, discussing and learning about new LGBTQ fiction books ? Well now is your chance to join us every third Thursday of the month. Join our email list at the next book club to keep informed about upcoming events and new titles. For ages 12-18. 

News update: this book club is now being led by teen. All books selections and discussion questions will be handled by Zahra. Let's all welcome her as our new teen book club leader!

May Book: Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta

Teodora di Sangro is used to hiding her magical ability to transform enemies into music boxes and mirrors. Nobody knows she’s a strega—and she aims to keep it that way.

The she meets Cielo—and everything changes.

A strega who can switch outward form as effortlessly as turning a page in a book, Cielo shows Teodora what her life could be like if she masters the power she’s been keeping secret. And not a moment too soon:  the ruler of Vinalia has poisoned the patriarchs of the country’s five controlling families, including Teodora’s father, and demands that each family send a son to the palace. 

If she wants to save her family, Teodora must travel to the capital—not disguised as a boy, but transformed into one. But the road to the capital, and to bridling her powers, is full of enemies and complications, including the one she least expects: falling in love.

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