This Month’s Read Local SoCal Pick

This June, Read Local SoCal flies into 1980s California with Jase Peeples’ Before You Can Fly. It’s a tender, sharply observed coming-of-age story about a queer kid finding his footing in a world not yet ready for him — small-town summers, first crushes, hard-won friendships, and the kind of growing up that takes courage before it takes wings. A Southern California author writing the queer California adolescence so many of us lived (or wished we had).

“A coming-of-age LGBTQ+ novel rich in both emotion and insight.”  —Kirkus Reviews

Read Local SoCal is BookSwell’s monthly feature spotlighting Southern California authors. New book every month. See all features →