Young People's Books: Characters in the wrong stories, and other weird happenings

There are some exciting new books in June for younger readers, with some cool LGBTQ stories, writes Ruth Concannon

Little girl reading outdoors

It's June and unbelievably, we are halfway through the year already! 

If young readers have found it hard to stick to their reading resolutions or haven’t been able to find the right book for them in 2023 so far, a halfway point is often a good time to turn over a new page.