Sam and their best friend TJ are a pair of adorable, non-binary, 13 year olds. One's fat, ones Latinx. Sam lives in an apartment building and spends a lot of time with the world's cutest queer couple and their baby who live downstairs and they walk the dog for an aging lesbian on the ground floor.
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 They're set a history assignment to choose a historical figure, associated with Staten Island, who deseres a statue. The couple downstairs suggest Alice Austen (who, if you don't know, is a photographer from the turn of the last century who was openly gay). We then follow the kids as they research and get super excited about cool photography showing people in bustles being gay and learning that old people can be queer too. The book teaches us a lot of queer history. Obviously about Alice and The Darned Club, but also about Stonewall and the anti-crossdressing laws and Audre Lorde. It's all covered in a really approachable way and because we're learning with Sam and TJ it's always age appropriate. 
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 There is lots of positive representation of the queer community, particularly non-binary peoples, and also of fat bodies and the Latinx community. The kids have great blood families and they also learn about chosen family and add some wonderful characters to theirs.
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 Sam's arc has some great character development and learning that I think children and teenagers would really relate to. They deal really well with problematic teachers and how to confront their bias in a way that won't get you detention. It would also be a great book for helping cis kids, and grown-ups, understand why pronouns and representation in things like statues around us are so important. 
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 This is definitely another library book I'll be checking out again to read with Fox and Tabitha. If you're over 8 I thoroughly recommend this one.