Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (Signed!) Fantasy There's even a mixed-up room

There's even a mixed-up room where animals make the wrong sounds

"--The Guardian

Through the lens of pop culture and American history

Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny

this is a tense and provocative debut that's sure to incite crucial questions about the pursuit of justice and who has real power over a story: the one who lives it

Strong Like You by T. L. Simpson (Signed!) Fantasy There's even a mixed-up roomTold through Walkers heartbreaking journal entries, writing assignments, and poetry written to his father, this debut YA contemporary tackles toxic masculinity head on, exploring what happens when a sweet hearted, sensitive boy isn't nourished but is instead told those feelings aren't valid for a man to have. An impoverished fifteen year old linebacker grapples with ideas about strength and masculinity after the dope dealing father he idolized goes