Registration opens:
May 16th, 2026

Pride Month Book Club: Opting Out

For Grades 6-12

Teens in grades 6-12. Register to reserve your copy of this month's book in honor of Pride!

Register here and pick up a copy of the book at Buena Vista Branch Library's Information Desk, and read it before the meeting.

For grades 6-12 only. 

We will be reading Opting Out by Maia Kobabe (e/eir) and Swati "Lucky" Skikumar (they/them), a new graphic novel scheduled to release in May 2026.

"Saachi is a storyteller. At school, she's surrounded by kids she's known forever -- including her best friend, Lyla, who shares Saachi's love of fantasy novels and creating new worlds. But as seventh grade starts, kids are changing. Suddenly, it matters who you like and if you can find a boyfriend or girlfriend. Saachi's not interested in any of that boy/girl stuff. Why can't things just stay the way they were? Saachi also doesn't love all the ways her body is changing. What if she doesn't feel like a girl -- or like a boy, either? In a world where there is so much either/or, Saachi is going to need to find her own options . . . and create her own story."

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