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Too Big To Say by Phil Bildner and Mike Curato, a LGBTQ+ Stand by Me for fans of The Trouble with Heroes and Hey, Kiddo Too Big To Say is a new upper middle grade novel with graphic novel elements, written by Lambda Award-winning author Phil Bildner and illustrated by Lambda Award-winning creator Mike Curato, about two friends who help each other make tough decisions while on a joint mission to hike up a mountain and climb a fire tower, pitched as an LGBTQ+ Stand by Me for fans of The Trouble with Heroes and Hey, Kiddo.

Not everyone is a manga fan, and that's completely fair. For many outsiders, manga can feel intimidating, oversaturated, and stylistically alien.