Kid Lit Authors and Illustrators' "It Gets Better!"

My thanks to the wonderful Lisa Yee who told me about this, and to my friends Bruce Coville, Ellen Hopkins and Jay Asher and all the authors and illustrators featured!

And hey, if you're wondering about your summer reading, this video's a great starting place for your list - look at all these amazing authors and illustrators who want to help make things better!

Absolutely Maybe

By Lisa Yee

"Maybe" is short for Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chesnut. And yeah, saddled with a name like that, you'd be right that her mother is an alcoholic charm-school-owning Beauty Pageant graduate. Maybe's mother's been married six times, but none of the guys were Maybe's father.

And when her Mother chooses her latest fiancee over Maybe, Maybe and her two best friends, Ted and Hollywood, road trip to Los Angeles.

Ted gets a job as a personal assistant to a fading legend of the silver screen.

Hollywood gets a jump on his admission to USC film school with a summer session, working on his documentary.

And Maybe is on a search for her father.


Yes, there IS some GLBTQ content in this book. But... I don't want to spoil it. So, with Lisa's book, I'm inaugurating a new category on this blog: "Surprise Gay Content." Enjoy!

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