I didn't get to join class the other day because I was sick but I wanted to blog a little on my topic for the awards research. I researched the Lambda Literary Award and I'm sure it was stated that this award is presented to books with LGBT content. While reading up on this award I remembered a book I read in my TE 348 class for our groups Choice Book Talk. Empress of the World by Sara Ryan is the story of a girl going through a confusing time in her life. Over a summer she has her first romantic relationship with another girl. It was the first book I had ever read on this topic and I found the book really good if anyone is interested. I searched the booklists of past finalists and winners of the Lambda Literary Award but didn't see it on any of the lists and was kind of disappointed because I found its perspective and the story very good.The author wrote a sequel to the book call The Rules for Hearts which I'm assuming is probably equally as engaging and entertaining. I haven't been able to find it though and I've looked a couple of times. I've always been interested on how to bring this topic into the classroom and this book I feel was a really good discovery. I bought it for my collection during my semester in TE 348 and plan on buying the other one as well if I can ever find it.
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