Reverie is an intricate and compelling LGBT young adult book about the secret worlds we hide within ourselves and what happens when they become real. Nothing in Kane’s life is an accident, and only he can keep the world itself from unraveling. But as he and the others are dragged into increasingly fantastical dream worlds drawn from imagination, it becomes clear that there is dark magic at work. Kane doesn’t know what to believe or who he can trust. And when strange things start happening around him, Kane isn’t sure where to turn.Īnd then three of his classmates show up, claiming to be his friends and the only people who can tell him what’s truly going on. The world as he knows it feels different-reality seems different. The only thing he knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. Publisher’s SummaryĪ few weeks ago, Kane Montgomery was in an accident that robbed him of his memory. Vote against any candidate that tries to ban any book. In local elections, your voice will be loud and listened to, as turnout is generally low in the United States. These activists will lose the battle, but will they win the war? If you’re an adult of voting age, get registered and make sure you vote in every single primary and election. Removing it from school libraries makes the kids represented in this book feel erased and unwelcome.įortunately, previous court rulings have deemed it unconstitutional to remove books from school libraries because school boards disagree with the content therein. For young adults and teenagers struggling to express who they are in the world, this book is an ally. It’s a fantasy, about a kid who loses his memory and the kids who try to help him find out who he is. Reverie landed on the list, along with La Sala’s Bedazzled, because the story is about a queer character. Recently, McKinney, TX mayor George Fuller responded to these activists, pointing out that no matter how much they complain, until one of them actually reads one of these books and challenges it through the district’s already in place book challenge process, all of this is political theater. They attended school meetings, reading passages of texts out of context in order to convince school boards that books containing LGBTQ characters are “pornography.” The list was published by a conservative politician, but no official challenges were made by activists. Reverie by Ryan La Sala is one of over 800 books targeted by Texas conservative activists early in the 2022 midterm election cycle. Teen & Young Adult Magical Realism Fiction.
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