Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White is a Young Adult novel about a generational blood feud in a small West Virginian town, but it's also a love letter to the people who live in coal mining towns just like it.

High school student Miles Abernathy comes across evidence that a fatal car accident years ago was planned by a local powerful family, who has the town under their heel. Before Miles can share this evidence, he's beaten within an inch of his life. As he recovers and tries to plan his next move, an apparition of one of his coal-mining ancestors appears.

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Hijab Butch Blues describes Lamya H's coming of age as she explores what it means to be a queer devout Muslim woman.

Growing up in an culture where it seemed no one else was like her, Lamya found kinship in an unexpected place: the Quran. Through reading the traditional stories from a queer perspective, Lamya discovers a sense of belonging. Hosts Madysen and Goldie discuss the challenges faced by immigrants, growing up queer in a religious environment, and the similarities between the Bible and the Quran.

Trans high school student Ryo is learning the importance of having people to open up to, and that first perceptions of a person are not always as they seem in the manga Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku.

Ryo is a boy, but nobody knows that and the only way he gets any relief is by wearing masculine-presenting clothing. Then, one day, he runs into a classmate he didn't expect at a pop-up clothing shop and makes an unlikely friend. Hosts Em and Cas discuss the struggles of being a trans high school student, clothing as armor, and the intricacies of gender exploration in this week's episode.