A World Worth Saving
Kyle Lukoff
- A
- groundbreaking,
- action-packed,
- and
- ultimately
- uplifting
- adventure
- that
- intertwines
- elements
- of
- Jewish
- mythology
- with
- an
- unflinching
- examination
- of
- the
- impacts
- of
- transphobia,
- from
- Newbery
- Honor
- winner
- Kyle
- Lukoff“Rare
- and
- beautiful—a
- novel
- that
- combines
- wondrous
- fantasy,
- searing
- real-world
- relevance,
- and
- a
- frank
- empathetic
- understanding
- of
- the
- adolescent
- experience...The
- way
- Lukoff
- combines
- these
- elements
- in
- a
- page-turning
- adventure
- is
- nothing
- short
- of
- magic!”
- —Rick
- Riordan,
- author
- of
- Percy
- Jackson
- and
- the
- OlympiansCovid
- lockdown
- is
- over,
- but
- A’s
- world
- feels
- smaller
- than
- ever.
- Coming
- out
- as
- trans
- didn’t
- exactly
- go
- well,
- and
- most
- days,
- he
- barely
- leaves
- his
- bedroom,
- let
- alone
- the
- house.
- But
- the
- low
- point
- of
- A’s
- life
- isn’t
- online
- school,
- missing
- his
- bar
- mitzvah,
- or
- the
- fact
- that
- his
- parents
- monitor
- his
- phone
- like
- hawks—it’s
- the
- weekly
- Save
- Our
- Sons
- and
- Daughters
- meetings
- his
- parents
- all
- but
- drag
- him
- to.At
- SOSAD,
- A
- and
- his
- friends
- Sal
- and
- Yarrow
- sit
- by
- while
- their
- parents
- deadname
- them
- and
- wring
- their
- hands
- over
- a
- nonexistent
- “transgender
- craze.”
- After
- all,
- sitting
- in
- suffocating
- silence
- has
- to
- be
- better
- than
- getting
- sent
- away
- for
- “advanced
- treatment,”
- never
- to
- be
- heard
- from
- again.When
- Yarrow
- vanishes
- after
- a
- particularly
- confrontational
- meeting,
- A
- discovers
- that
- SOSAD
- doesn’t
- just
- feel
- soul-sucking…it’s
- run
- by
- an
- actual
- demon
- who
- feeds
- off
- the
- pain
- and
- misery
- of
- kids
- like
- him.
- And
- it’s
- not
- just
- SOSAD—the
- entire
- world
- is
- beset
- by
- demons
- dining
- on
- what
- seems
- like
- an
- endless
- buffet
- of
- pain
- and
- bigotry.But
- how
- is
- one
- trans
- kid
- who
- hasn’t
- even
- chosen
- a
- name
- supposed
- to
- save
- his
- friend,
- let
- alone
- the
- world?
- And
- is
- a
- world
- that
- seems
- hellbent
- on
- rejecting
- him
- even
- worth
- saving
- at all?
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