![]() ![]() Where he does go is the library to check out books.Įvery night he and his mom read fairy tales. Tiến isn’t looking to the internet for answers. “I read that it happens sometimes,” Tiến tells Claire, after listing some of his worst fears for how they might respond. Their first language is Vietnamese and Tiến doesn’t know what words to use to tell them that he’s gay. With his parents, though, it’s quite literal. His friend, Claire, is the only person Tiến’s come out to, but when it comes to Julian and his parents, Tiến doesn’t know what to say. ![]() When Tiến thinks about his friend, Julian, he’s blue, not red – a fantasy versus someone he could be with in real life. What yellow means isn’t revealed right way, but those are basically the three colors that appear in this book. Trung Le Nguyen’s graphic novel, The Magic Fish, follows a strict color code. ![]()
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