TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burgess,Rebecca
TI  - Speak up!
SN  - 9780063081192
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Quill Tree Books, Harpers Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Autistic girls
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Internet personalities
KW  - Singers
KW  - Autistic children
KW  - Best friends
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Gender-nonconforming people
KW  - Autism
KW  - Comics (Graphic works)
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - Coming-of-age comics
N1  - Ages 8-12
N2  - "Twelve-year-old Mia is just trying to navigate a world that doesn't understand her true autistic self. While she wishes she could stand up to her bullies, she's always been able to express her feelings through singing and songwriting, even more so with her best friend, Charlie, who is nonbinary, putting together the best beats for her. Together, they've taken the internet by storm; little do Mia's classmates know that she's the viral singer Elle-Q! But while the chance to perform live for a local talent show has Charlie excited, Mia isn't so sure. She'll have to decide whether she'll let her worries about what other people think get in the way of not only her friendship with Charlie, but also showing everyone, including the bullies, who she is and what she has to say."--
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