The reality is that conservatives are not a monolith. I feel badly for any gay kids who pick this book up and get this false impression about conservatives. A sticker on the spine of the book says, “05/2023,” which leads me to believe, it was purchased and placed in the library a few days before I picked it up.

This book was published about six months ago. This is what is called propaganda, and it’s becoming all too common in the books I’m finding in the children’s section of the library. Now if there was a TEACHER at the school pressuring kids to consider a different gender or teaching kids about sex, and a group of conservative parents were protesting the TEACHER doing this, that would be believable because that is something that is actually happening that parents are actually concerned about. “A group of conservative parents start to protest having an openly gay actor in the starring role…” Seriously? I’m trying to think back to my high school years in the 90’s and as I recall, there were gay kids and nobody was particularly worried about them. And when a group of conservative parents start to protest having an openly gay actor in a starring role, Nikhil feels like his life would be easier if only he could be Raj Reddy full-time.” “Nikhil’s fame lands him the lead in the school musical, but he’s terrified that everyone will realize he’s a fraud once they find out he has stage fright. Nikhil faces various reactions from friends and family. With permission, the reporter prints Nikhil’s sexuality in the story. Nikhil is cast in the lead role in the school musical and comes out as gay to a newspaper reporter (interviewing him about his role). The story follows his journey in getting to know his grandparents and making new friends, while working through his own insecurities. His mom moves him to a small town where she grew up, where he meets and gets to know his grandparents.

In the story, Nikhil is a voice actor for a hit animated series Raj Reddy in Outer Space. It can also be found at the Conroe library and both libraries in The Woodlands. I found this book on display at the Tullis Library in New Caney.

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