The Pros of Cons
Publisher
Point
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781338151725
Pages
341 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Phoebe Byrd, Vanessa Montoya-O'Callaghan, and Callie Buchannan are three teenagers with very different interests and somewhat different problems, but today they are all in Orlando to attend different conventions/competitions--and when a crazy mix-up in the hotel lobby brings the three girls together, they form an unlikely friendship against the chaotic background of the Orlando convention scene.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Single parent; Divorce; Bicultural; Biracial; Gay/Lesbian; Gender nonconformity; single father; divorced parents; bicultural teenager; biracial teenager; skin color; homosexual; lesbian; queer; gender variance; gender identity; nonbinary
Main Character
girls
Race/Ethnicities
Irish Mexican American / White
Family Formation
single father; mother and father
LGBTQ+
female/female; female/nonbinary person
Keywords
Orlando; conventions; taxidermy; percussion; drums; band; fandom; fanfiction; romance; female friendship; podcasts
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Cherry, Allison; Ribar, Lindsay; and Schusterman, Michelle, "The Pros of Cons" (2018). Diverse Families. 1370.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1370