The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for middle grade James Schlender

James Schlender

Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil

it is a historical continuation of the relationships their ancestral communities have had with ceremonies since time immemorial

contemporary realism

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for middle grade James SchlenderSettle in to this wittily illustrated soap opera (Bechdel calls it "half op ed column and half endless serialized Victorian novel") of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and the rest of the cast of cult fav characters. Most of them are lesbians, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Bechdel's brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friends academics, social