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Gay the Pray Away

20 May, 2025

The cover of Gay the Pray Away has two young women standing facing each other and holding hands. The one on the left has long dark hair and is wearing a blouse and skirt. The one on the right has short curly brown hair and is wearing a t-shirt and jeans. They're outside with an open book in front of them with flowers on either side of it.Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus
Quirk Books

Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesn’t know it yet. But when she stumbles upon a queer romance novel at the library, everything about her life—centered around a fundamentalist Christian homeschooling group —is thrown into question.

And to make things even more complicated, there’s a new girl in town. Riley is rebellious, kindhearted, and impossibly cool. As the two bond over being multiracial teens in their very white and very religious community, Valerie finds herself falling in love.

Soon Valerie and Riley are exchanging notes in secret and stealing kisses behind the church. But even as their romance blooms, Valerie knows that they’re trapped. If Valerie wants a chance at writing her own story, she must choose between staying with a family she fears will never accept her and running away with the girl she loves.

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