![]() ![]() I wanted Yadriel's relationships with his family to reflect more of my personal experience - a family that isn't intrinsically transphobic, just uninformed. I wanted to show how it can be more nuanced than that. I feel like most stories about trans kids, either their families fully support them without so much as a blink, or they completely reject them. How much of the story of Cemetery Boys is from your own experience?īook Reviews Finding Love - And Feeling Worthy Of It - In 'Felix Ever After'Ī big part of the story that pulled from my personal experiences were the family dynamics. I really wanted to explore and showcase Latinx culture, and the plot aligned perfectly with Día de Muertos!" He's transgender, Cuban/Mexican, and gay. " 'What happened if you summoned a ghost and couldn't get rid of it?' My main character, Yadriel came to life first. " Cemetery Boys was inspired by a writing prompt I saw on Tumblr," Thomas tells me in an email interview. ![]() ![]() So he tries to summon and free the ghost of his murdered cousin - but he gets the wrong ghost. When we meet Yadriel, at the start of Aiden Thomas' new young adult novel, Cemetery Boys, he's desperate to prove himself to his family. And they don't believe Yadriel's truly a man. They carry on the ancient traditions of guiding the dead and healing the living, but only men can free spirits. ![]() Yadriel is a lot of things: He's queer, he's trans, he's Latinx and he's a brujo, born to free the souls of the dead so they can pass over - or he would be if only his family could accept him as he is. ![]()
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