A sweet queer-themed middle-grade novel about 13-year-old Jeremiah navigating the impending wedding of his father and the father's boyfriend. The wide and diverse cast of characters was great, but at one point it also seemed that the author was trying to shove in too many side plots, leaving some threads unravelled in the end. For example, the friendship between Jeremiah and Sage and their drifting apart was never really addressed fully.
This could be a great book to get young children thinking about diversity and inclusion in their immediate circles. At one level I felt that the book was somewhat didactic; at another, I felt that these kinds of books are so desperately needed.
(Review copy from NetGalley)

This is an interesting book encouraging equality, diversity and tolerance to others. It is the second book in a series, I haven't read the first book but that did not matter.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my ARC.

Another "feel-good" novel like the first. The story teaches life-skills of love and respect in diversity. Loved it.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy. I did not read the prequel, but you do not really need to in order to understand this book. There is a lot of diversity and tolerance in this book. I wanted to read this book to see how the Muslim and refugee characters are viewed. This isn't something I would get for our school library, with the LGBTQ content and occasional "bad" word. I did appreciate the message that even while not all Christians or Muslims agree with LGBTQ, treat people with respect, because if people do not practice your religion, why expect them to follow your Holy Book, too? It's not a particularly funny or adventurous story, and but the themes of friendship, interpersonal relationships, growing up, identity, etc. really shine through. There is no room for hate against family, queer, refugees, or people from different religions.