Author Mike Curato wrote
Flamer as a way to help young queer kids, like he once was, better understand and accept themselves. It was met with immediate praise and accolades — until it wasn't. When the book
got caught up in a wave of Texas-based book bans, suddenly the narrative changed. And like so many books that address queer identity,
Flamer quickly became a flashpoint in a long, messy culture war that tried to distort the nature of the book.
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