Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

“Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me” is an engaging graphic novel, rich in visuals and reflective language. Providing a relevant voice for the LGBTQ+ community, this novel explores the themes of personal growth, conflict, self-acceptance, and identity as readers learn about Freddy’s complex relationships and how she navigates them, eventually strengthening her identity and learning how to have healthier connections with others. Suitable for senior secondary students, readers may relate with the subjects of teenage romance and friendship and may be invited to reflect on their own identities and relationships. Connecting with themes and ideas across many curricular subjects, this novel can be used to address LGBTQ2+ relationships and issues, to discuss healthy relationships, to complement visual arts classes, and as a novel study.