A Goodreads user asked Stuart Gibbs:

Why are you trying to impose a woke agenda on kids and trying to turn kids gay, lesbian, etc ? I am not the only one with this complaint. Have you seen the one star reviews on Amazon for your book Spy School Goes North?

Stuart Gibbs When an author includes gay characters, there is no agenda at all, except to respond to the hundreds of young readers who have written, asking to see themselves represented. Yes, I have seen the reviews. And yes, I expected backlash. What you are not seeing is the hundreds of readers who are writing to me, thanking me for including someone like them in their story. Often, they prefer to keep something like that private because they know they will receive hateful messages like this one if they make their views public.

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