Flamer

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer,his debut graphic noveltelling a difficult story with humorcompassionand love. I know IΓÇÖm not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. TheyΓÇÖre meanand scaryand theyΓÇÖre always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe. It’s the summer between middle school and high schooland Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone’s going through changesΓÇöbut for Aidenthe stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendshipsdeals with bulliesand spends time with Elias (a boy he can’t stop thinking about)he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.