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Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton
5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

" The Get Happies, he said. - What is it you like about them?
  They have this spiritual quality, I said, blinking as I looked at the table. -I guess they sound like America to me?"   
- Jeanne Thornton, Summer Fun, pg. 325
 
This book absolutely fucking floored me. It is so quietly devastating, speaking poetically about America, about class, about trans identity. Really, though, at its heart, this book is about what it means to love a band. I can't help but think it would make an excellent film.