Juliet Takes a Breath

Juliet Takes a Breath (2016) is a young adult novel by award-winning author Gabby Rivera. The novel won the 2017 Silver IPPY Award for Best LGBTQ Fiction and was selected by the Amelia Bloomer Project Committee of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2017 Amelia Bloomer List. Gabby Rivera is a queer Puerto Rican author from the Bronx, New York. She is the first Latina to write for Marvel Comics, writing a comic book called America about a queer Latina superhero. Rivera is also the Youth Programs Manager at GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network), a national organization working to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ youths.

The coming-of-age novel follows Juliet Milagros Palante’s journey of self-discovery as she comes out to her family and begins an internship with a white feminist author. This study guide refers to the 2021 paperback published by Dial Books.

Plot Summary

Gabby Rivera’s Juliet Takes a Breath tells the story of Juliet Milagros Palante, a 19-year-old Latina lesbian from the Bronx who interns with a feminist writer for the summer in Portland, Oregon.

The Preface opens with a letter from Juliet to the author of Raging Flower: Empowering Your Pussy by Empowering Your Mind,

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