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Fresh Ink
by Sharon G. Flake, Eric Gansworth, Malinda Lo, Sara Farizan, Daniel José Older, Nicola Yoon, Schuyler Bailar, Thien Pham, Walter Dean Myers, Gene Luen Yang, Melissa de la Cruz
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
My favorites in the collection are “Be Cool for Once”, “Don’t Pass Me By”, “Catch, Pull, Drive”, and “Super Human”. There’s a lot of variation in setting, theme, and character backgrounds across the stories, so it’s hard to pin down a theme of the collection, except that the point was to have a lot of variety. Most of the stories are deeply intertwined with a character's marginalized identity, sometimes they're about the way the characters are marginalized and in a few of them they get to just exist. Overall it works and it’s well worth checking out.
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Murder
Minor: Ableism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Eraser Tattoo: No major CWs.
Meet Cute: CW for ableism (minor), misogyny, claustrophobia. TW for Harry Potter reference (page 35).
Don’t Pass Me By: CW for racism, bullying.
Be Cool for Once: No major CWs.
Tags: CW for gun violence, violence, police brutality, murder, death.
Why I Learned to Cook: No major CWs.
A Stranger at the Bochinche: CW for violence.
A Boy’s Duty: CW for racism.
One Voice: CW for racism.
Paladin/Samurai: CW for homophobia, racism.
Kodama’s Ramen Shop: CW for racism, ableism, grief, parental death (backstory).
Catch, Pull, Drive: CW for dysphoria, homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, cursing, bullying.
Super Human: CW for racism, gun violence (backstory), police brutality (backstory), car accident (backstory), parental death (backstory).