My First Ever Giveaway: The Letter Q

A few months ago I watched a video from Scholastic promoting some of their new young adult titles for spring. Since the students in Bookmarked, the high school book group, are reading advanced reading copies (ARCs) for Teen's Top Ten, I thought that they would enjoy the video too because we had received many of the titles at school. One of the books that we received was The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves edited by Sarah Moon and released May 1, 2012. I loved the premise of this work, and the idea that well respected published writers could offer some insights to young people today who are concerned or questioning their lives as LGBT people. These kids need all the love and support that they can get and putting good books on this topic on the shelves of our libraries is important. 

Here is a description of this wonderful work of non-fiction: 

In this anthology, sixty-four award-winning authors and illustrators such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline, Woodson, Terrence McNally, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin, make imaginative journeys into their pasts, telling their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people. Through stories, in pictures, with bracing honesty, these are words of love, messages of understanding, reasons to hold on for the better future ahead. They will tell you things about your favorite authors that you never knew before. And they will tell you about yourself. 

You can find more information about this book on The Letter Q on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theletterqbook

PS: There are two books to give away, so if you would like a chance to win a copy of this book, just enter here: a Rafflecopter giveaway a Rafflecopter giveaway (You have until June 15th to enter this contest)