Bras and Broomsticks: Goodreads, Worldcat, Indiebound, Author Website Sarah Mlynowski: Website, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Wattpad, Facebook Content NotesOur first (and sadly not last) appearance of the Unfortunate Transphobia Bear—it’s a couple lines, but a couple lines that would do well to be edited out in 2018. This is a book that gets REAL about relationships with step-parents, conflict between adults and kids, and kids seeing their parents as human for the first time. We appreciate it, good to know going in. Forward March is here! Love, loss, and the surprising aphrodisiacs of the band locker room. That’s what the Dulaney High marching band has in store for Meghan Riggins. Like her Gram, who’s been her biggest fan since that first trombone lesson, Meghan’s always loved making music. So marching band should be easy, right? Wrong. It’s hard enough staying upright during the halftime show, avoiding the worst of the upperclassmen, or remembering the difference between a cummerbund and a dickie. But then she falls for Jonah, an adorkable fellow trombone nerd who just happens to be her best friend’s brother. Meghan may need to rethink everything she knows about herself, in and out of band, with and without her family and friends, and in and out of love. Both witty and poignant, Forward March will have you laughing, swooning, and cheering from the stands.  Find Forward March by Carey Farrell at your favorite online bookseller! Source: BBC Two The very spookiest bat Per our query in the podcast: Sarah Mlynowski has two sisters—she’s in between the two!—and Bras and Broomsticks takes a lot of inspiration from real life. Betsy Bird comes up a lot in this episode. She’s our hero. Wendy Mass Cynthia Rylant Read When the Letter Comes by Sarah Fox online for free! All the Halloween Episodes of Bob’s Burgers The Infamous Vibrating Nimbus 2000 Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love by MaryRose Wood The 11:11 Wish by Kim Tomsic The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman by Danielle Dulsky What if This Were Enough? and How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky