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Heartstopper (2022)/S3E1 · Love/Isaac's beach read: Gender Queer
Heartstopper · Season 3, Episode 1, "Love"

Isaac's beach read: Gender Queer

Isaac Henderson (Tobie Donovan) · The beach

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At the beach in the season-three opener, Isaac reads Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir. After two seasons of figuring out who he is, he's opened with a book by someone who already wrote it down.

Sources: All the books Isaac reads in Heartstopper, season three, Meeghan reads · Every book that Isaac reads in Heartstopper, Kobo · Isaac's reading list in Heartstopper season 3, Nose in a Book · Every Book Isaac Reads in Heartstopper Season 3, Den of Geek · A Complete Heartstopper Book List, The Geeky Waffle
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Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe · 2019 · graphic memoir

Kobabe's 2019 memoir about growing up nonbinary and asexual. It was the most challenged book in American libraries in both 2021 and 2022, per the American Library Association. Isaac reads it in the sun on a public beach, which is more than a lot of school districts would allow.

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