‘Even living in a pretty tolerant country, it’s all too possible.’

A quick-fire, bulletpoint, review of Queer As A Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind

Graphic: reviewer’s own, made with Canva. Five dollar bill image: Pixabay

Queer As A Five-Dollar Bill by Lee Wind

I received a free digital review copy of this book from NetGalley. NetGalley provides books to reviewers as an opportunity to provide fair and honest reviews.

Full disclosure: I’m a fan of Lee Wind and have commented/shared review links on his blog before

• This book is #OwnVoices for Gay representation.
• Wyatt lives in Lincolnville, Oregon, in an Abraham Lincoln-themed B&B, and his school’s history project is on — you guessed it — Abraham Lincoln.
• Except sometimes the facts aren’t what everyone else wants them to be. Lincoln? Was Queer. Cue Homophobic media poop-storm in a small town, directed at a closeted kid who feels like he’s suffocating and potentially in physical danger.
• I was right there with Wyatt as he struggled, wanting to scream at his family and friends to see what was in front of their faces and help him!
• And Wyatt’s lowkey a little bada**. This kid is stronger than he gives himself credit for.
• One of the main (and one of the only) criticisms that I’ve seen about this book on…