If the racism, he is subjected to both in school and outside of it, and the fact he is yet to come to terms with his sexuality were not enough pressure on his shoulders, now there is also a malevolent ghost haunting him. And being a medium certainly does not help him. Jake is a young Black gay boy going to a high school where he is one of a very few brown kids. The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass is a contemporary novel with a paranormal nuance, about identity, trauma and how it shapes people. Representation: Black gay protagonist, gay mentally ill antagonist, Black queer secondary character, Black secondary characters, Black tertiary characters.Ĭontent Warning: racism, mentions of school shooting, death (graphic), violence (graphic), mentions of suicide attempt, physical and emotional abuse, mental illness, parental and medical negligence, sociopathy, sadism, attempted rape, suicide, slurs, homophobia. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers via Edelweiss+ in exchange for an honest review.
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