Heartstopper: Isaac's Books

Enjoy these books that Isaac is seen reading in Heartstopper. Wake County Public Libraries does not own all of the books Isaac reads in Heartstopper. You may interlibrary loan the books for free though (https://wakegov.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html): Season 1 Episode 3: Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum" by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman; Season 1 Episode 4: Proud: My Autobiography by Gareth Thomas; Season 1 Episode 7: Gender Explorers: Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World by Juno Roche; Season 1 Episode 8: There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years by Mike Berners-Lee; Season 2 Episode 1: I Love This Part by Tillie Walden; Season 3 Episode 2: You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry; Season 3 Episode 5: Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson; Season 3 Episode 7: The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Janet Hard.
 

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1. Boy erased: a memoir of identity, faith, and family

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Author:
Conley, Garrard
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
Season 2 Episode 7
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Athens Drive Community - Biography
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North Regional - Biography
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"The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to cure him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the...

2. We have always been here: a queer Muslim memoir

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Author:
Habib, Samra
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Season 2 Episode 8
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Biography
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Green Road Community - Biography
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"A queer Muslim searches for the language to express her truest self, making peace with her sexuality, her family, and Islam. Growing up in Pakistan, Samra Habib lacks a blueprint for the life she wants. She has a mother who gave up everything to be a pious, dutiful wife and an overprotective father who seems to conspire against a life of any adventure. Plus, she has to hide the fact that she's Ahmadi to avoid persecution from religious extremists....

3. All boys aren't blue: a memoir-manifesto

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Author:
Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Notes:
Season 2 Episode 7
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From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family,...