Afterworlds |
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With a contract in hand for her YA novel, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel arrives in New York City. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love in love with the enigmatic Imogene. Woven into Darcy's personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack. |
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Afterworlds |
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With a contract in hand for her YA novel, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel arrives in New York City. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love in love with the enigmatic Imogene. Woven into Darcy's personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack. |
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Westerfeld, Scott (Author) |
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2014 - Simon Pulse |
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Lesbian | |
East Indian Americans Eighteen-year-olds Publishing Terrorism Writers |
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New York, New York | |
Coming of age, Speculative fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe |
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Fifteen-year-old Dante and Aristotle are opposites in almost every way but, nevertheless, the two boys are best friends, almost like two halves making a whole. Saenz' lyrical novel examines the bonds of friendship and the uncertainties and saving graces of love. |
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Ask the Passengers |
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There's only one thing Astrid Jones can do when a growing attraction to her co-worker Dee becomes too big and too confusing: send her love to airplane passengers flying overhead while she tries to figure out who she is down here on the ground. |
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Ask the Passengers |
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There's only one thing Astrid Jones can do when a growing attraction to her co-worker Dee becomes too big and too confusing: send her love to airplane passengers flying overhead while she tries to figure out who she is down here on the ground. |
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King, A. S. (Author) |
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2012 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Gay Lesbian Questioning |
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Coming out Dysfunctional families High schools Homophobia Relationships Small towns Teen girls |
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Unity Valley, Pennsylvania | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0316194686 (Hardcover) |
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Best Books for Teens (Kirkus Reviews) Best Books of the Year (School Library Journal) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Best Young Adult Literature for Adults (Library Journal) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Beautiful Music for Ugly Children |
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Music geek Gabe has just come out to his family as transgender but is still known as Liz at school. He uses his late night community radio show to try on his male identity and encourage listeners to explore their own "b side." Will the show's growing popularity expose his secret? |
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Beauty Queens |
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After a plane crash leaves them stranded on a seemingly deserted island, the thirteen survivors -- all contestants in the upcoming Miss Teen Dream pageant -- must work together to ensure their survival and to practice their dance numbers (in case they get rescued in time for the competition) |
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Beauty Queens |
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After a plane crash leaves them stranded on a seemingly deserted island, the thirteen survivors -- all contestants in the upcoming Miss Teen Dream pageant -- must work together to ensure their survival and to practice their dance numbers (in case they get rescued in time for the competition) |
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Bray, Libba (Author) |
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2011 - Scholastic Press |
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Bisexual Lesbian Multicultural Transgender |
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Adventures Beauty pageant contestants Castaways Commercialism Deaf teens Desert islands Feminism Humor MTFs Plane crashes Self-confidence Self-discovery Survival Teamwork Teen girls Teens with disabilities Transgender teens |
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Coming of age, Satire | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780439895972 (Hardcover) |
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Amelia Bloomer Project (ALA FTF) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award Honor List Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults GLBTQ List (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Readers' Choice Booklist (ALA YALSA) |
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Better Nate than Ever |
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Thirteen-year-old Nate runs away from his small town in Pennsylvania to New York City to audition for E.T. the Musical. With the help of his best friend, can he come back home before anyone notices he's gone? |
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Bitterblue |
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Eight years after the death of her father, the young Queen Bitterblue finds herself and her kingdom mired in secrets left over from his abusive reign. |
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Bitterblue |
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Eight years after the death of her father, the young Queen Bitterblue finds herself and her kingdom mired in secrets left over from his abusive reign. |
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Cashore, Kristin (Author) |
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2012 - Dial Books |
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Bisexual Gay Lesbian |
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Intrigue Memories Queens Secrets |
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Monsea | |
Fantasy | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0803734739 (Hardcover) |
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Best Books for Teens (Kirkus Reviews) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Blue Ribbon Book (Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Readers' Choice Booklist (ALA YALSA) |
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Brooklyn, Burning |
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Running away from home during a Brooklyn summer to lose the pain through music, sixteen-year old Kid finds acceptance and more in Scout, another soul lost in the music. |
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Brooklyn, Burning |
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Running away from home during a Brooklyn summer to lose the pain through music, sixteen-year old Kid finds acceptance and more in Scout, another soul lost in the music. |
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Brezenoff, Steve (Author) |
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2011 - Carolrhoda |
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Arson Dysfunctional families Homelessness Musicians Relationships Throwaway kids |
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Brooklyn, New York | |
Realistic fiction | |
10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780761375265 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Every Day |
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Since birth, 16-year-old "A" has awakened daily in someone else's life, inhabiting a different body, and coping with a succession of variations in gender, race, sexual orientation, geographic location, circumstance, and appearance. It's a lonely existence, since "A" remains disconnected from others, resolving to do nothing to interfere with their lives. But then "A" falls in love with Rhiannon. Can love survive constant change? |
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Everything Leads To You |
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Emi and her best friend Charlotte are invited to stay at Emi's brother's apartment in LA for the summer after graduation, with one condition: they must do something "epic" while he's gone. When they discover a cryptic letter from a world-famous celebrity, Emi thinks that this mystery might be what they're looking for. |
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Everything Leads To You |
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Emi and her best friend Charlotte are invited to stay at Emi's brother's apartment in LA for the summer after graduation, with one condition: they must do something "epic" while he's gone. When they discover a cryptic letter from a world-famous celebrity, Emi thinks that this mystery might be what they're looking for. |
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LaCour, Nina (Author) |
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2014 - Dutton Books |
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Lesbian | |
Eighteen-year-olds Film industry Filmmaking Internships Interracial romance Secrets Teen girls |
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California Hollywood, California Los Angeles, California |
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Coming of age, Mysteries, Realistic fiction, Romance | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0525425885 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Freakboy |
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Three lives intertwine: Angel, a transwoman who works at an LGBTQ center for teens; Vanessa, a high school girl who's on the wrestling team; and Brendan, Vanessa's boyfriend who has just started having dreams that he is actually a she. Brendan feels at home in his female-bodied dreams, but what does that mean for his relationship with Vanessa, and how can Angel help him? |
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Freakboy |
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Three lives intertwine: Angel, a transwoman who works at an LGBTQ center for teens; Vanessa, a high school girl who's on the wrestling team; and Brendan, Vanessa's boyfriend who has just started having dreams that he is actually a she. Brendan feels at home in his female-bodied dreams, but what does that mean for his relationship with Vanessa, and how can Angel help him? |
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Clark, , Kristin Elizabeth (Author) |
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2013 - Farrar Straus Giroux |
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Gender Independent (Formerly, Gender Non-Conforming) Queer Questioning Transgender |
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Athletes Families Gender fluidity Gender identity Gender roles Gender variance High schools Self-discovery Sports Transgender teens Transphobia Wrestling |
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Coming of age, Multiple points of view, Novels in verse, Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0374324728 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Grasshopper Jungle |
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As if living in a world overrun by six-foot-tall hungry and horny mutant praying mantises isn't bad enough, Austin realizes he is in love with both his best friend Robbie and his girlfriend Shann. |
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Grasshopper Jungle |
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As if living in a world overrun by six-foot-tall hungry and horny mutant praying mantises isn't bad enough, Austin realizes he is in love with both his best friend Robbie and his girlfriend Shann. |
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Smith, Andrew (Author) |
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2014 - Hardie Grant Egmont |
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Bisexual | |
Apocalypses Friendship Genetic engineering Grasshoppers Insects Love triangles Survival Teens |
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Ealing, Iowa Iowa |
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Coming of age, Speculative fiction | |
10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0525426035 (Hardcover) |
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Best Books (School Library Journal) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Honor Book (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Huntress |
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Kaede and Taisin journey to the Fairy Queen to save not only their kingdom but also the entire world. Will their mission bring them together forever, or tear them apart? |
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Huntress |
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Kaede and Taisin journey to the Fairy Queen to save not only their kingdom but also the entire world. Will their mission bring them together forever, or tear them apart? |
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Lo, Malinda (Author) |
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2011 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Bisexual Lesbian |
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Adventures Fairies Hunting Journeys Magic Romance Sages |
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Fairy Tales, Fantasy | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780316040075 (Hardcover) |
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Amelia Bloomer Project (ALA FTF) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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I Am J |
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Although physically born female, J has always identified as a boy. Dressing and acting male, J wants to continue transitioning by taking hormone injections, but receives no support from his parents or friends. |
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I Am J |
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Although physically born female, J has always identified as a boy. Dressing and acting male, J wants to continue transitioning by taking hormone injections, but receives no support from his parents or friends. |
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Beam, Cris (Author) |
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2011 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Multicultural Transgender |
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Acceptance Bullying Cutting Families FTMs Gender identity High schools Self-discovery Support Transitioning |
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New York, New York | |
Realistic fiction, Reluctant readers | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780316053617 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults GLBTQ List (ALA YALSA) Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Top 10 First Novels for Youth (Booklist) |
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I'll Give You the Sun |
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Artistic twins Jude and Noah each have only half the story of why they broke apart. Their art becomes a force of its own as they negotiate love, loss, lies and the possibility of reuniting their lives. |
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If You Could Be Mine |
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Sahar and Nasrin are two women in love with each other whose lives are complicated by the fact that they live in Iran, where homosexuality is forbidden. When Nasrin's parents arrange for her to be married to a handsome doctor, Sahar comes up with a risky plan to save their relationship. |
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If You Could Be Mine |
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Sahar and Nasrin are two women in love with each other whose lives are complicated by the fact that they live in Iran, where homosexuality is forbidden. When Nasrin's parents arrange for her to be married to a handsome doctor, Sahar comes up with a risky plan to save their relationship. |
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Farizan , Sara (Author) |
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2013 - Algonquin Young Readers |
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Gay International Lesbian Transgender |
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Arranged marriages Best friends Gender reassignment surgery Gender roles Homophobia Love Secrets Seventeen-year-olds |
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Tehran, Iran | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction, Romance | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781616202514 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction (Publishing Triangle) Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction (Publishing Triangle) Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult |
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Lola and the Boy Next Door |
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Sixteen year old (going on seventeen) Lola Nolan lives in San Francisco's Castro district with her two fathers. She spends her time creating lavish costumes, working, avoiding the mean girls at school, and hanging out with her 22-year-old musician boyfriend, Max. Life is good - until the heartbreaks of her past come back to her present. |
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Lola and the Boy Next Door |
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Sixteen year old (going on seventeen) Lola Nolan lives in San Francisco's Castro district with her two fathers. She spends her time creating lavish costumes, working, avoiding the mean girls at school, and hanging out with her 22-year-old musician boyfriend, Max. Life is good - until the heartbreaks of her past come back to her present. |
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Perkins, Stephanie (Author) |
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2011 - Dutton Juvenile |
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Allies Gay |
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Costume design Fashion First love Friendship High schools Seventeen-year-olds Sixteen-year-olds Teen girls |
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San Francisco, California | |
Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0525423287 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Booklist |
More Than This |
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Seth clearly remembers drowning and dying, but now he is awake in a run-down, abandoned version of his childhood home. Whenever he closes his eyes, his dreams feel more lifelike than his new reality. |
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More Than This |
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Seth clearly remembers drowning and dying, but now he is awake in a run-down, abandoned version of his childhood home. Whenever he closes his eyes, his dreams feel more lifelike than his new reality. |
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Ness , Patrick (Author) |
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2013 - Candlewick Press |
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Gay | |
Death Drowning Dysfunctional families Guilt Sixteen-year-olds Survival Teen boys |
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England | |
Dystopias, Science fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780763662585 (Hardcover) |
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Best Books (School Library Journal) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Booklist |
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard |
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The fence, the road, the clothesline, the truck - these are some of the 68 spare, poetic voices joining together to tell the story of what happened to Matthew Shepard that tragic night. |
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Openly Straight |
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High school junior Rafe leaves his accepting parents, his accepting school, and his accepting Colorado hometown to start life over at an all-boys boarding school where he decides not to come out as gay. As he navigates his new identity as a jock and a "boy's boy," the strain of keeping his secret begins to take its toll. |
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Openly Straight |
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High school junior Rafe leaves his accepting parents, his accepting school, and his accepting Colorado hometown to start life over at an all-boys boarding school where he decides not to come out as gay. As he navigates his new identity as a jock and a "boy's boy," the strain of keeping his secret begins to take its toll. |
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Konigsberg, Bill (Author) |
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2013 - Arthur A. Levine Books |
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Bisexual Gay |
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Boarding schools Football High schools Identity Labels Self-discovery Soccer Sports Stereotypes |
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Boulder, Colorado Natick, Massachusetts |
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Humor, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780545509893 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Bisexual Book Awards Finalist (Bi Writers Association) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Sid Fleischman Humor Award (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) |
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Personal Effects |
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After his beloved older brother T.J. is killed in action in Iraq, seventeen-year-old Matt begins to read a series of his brother's letters and discovers his brother's secret- and must come to terms with his brother's secret life and what it means. |
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Personal Effects |
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After his beloved older brother T.J. is killed in action in Iraq, seventeen-year-old Matt begins to read a series of his brother's letters and discovers his brother's secret- and must come to terms with his brother's secret life and what it means. |
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Kokie, E. M. (Author) |
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2012 - Candlewick Press |
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Gay | |
Alcoholic parents Death of a brother Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) Family secrets Father-son relationships Grief Guilt High schools Iraq War Loss Military Seventeen-year-olds Teen boys |
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Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0763655273 (Hardcover) |
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Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Young Adult Fiction Honor Book (International Reading Association) |
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Proxy |
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Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. As a Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want - the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy named Syd to take all his punishments. |
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Proxy |
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Knox was born into one of the City's wealthiest families. As a Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want - the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy named Syd to take all his punishments. |
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London, Alex (Author) |
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2013 - Philomel |
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Gay Multicultural |
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Adventures Escapes Orphans Post-apocalypse Social classes Technology Teen boys |
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Dystopias, Reluctant readers, Science fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0399257766 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Horn Book Guide |
Shine |
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After her once-best friend, Patrick, falls victim to a vicious hate crime and neither local nor federal law enforcement seems interested finding the culprits, Cat sets out to discover who in her town could have hated Patrick enough to have beaten him and left him for dead. |
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Shine |
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After her once-best friend, Patrick, falls victim to a vicious hate crime and neither local nor federal law enforcement seems interested finding the culprits, Cat sets out to discover who in her town could have hated Patrick enough to have beaten him and left him for dead. |
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Myracle, Lauren (Author) |
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2011 - Amulet Books |
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Gay | |
Bullying Friendship Hate crimes High schools Homophobia Sixteen-year-olds Small towns Substance abuse Teen boys Teen girls |
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Black Creek, North Carolina | |
Mysteries, Realistic fiction | |
10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780810984172 (Hardcover), 9781419701849 (Paperback) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults GLBTQ List (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Readers' Choice Booklist (ALA YALSA) |
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Booklist |
Stick |
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Born with just one ear, 13-year-old Stick faces daily harassment at school. But his home life is worse. His abusive parents not only beat him and his brother Bosten, but lock them in rooms with only a cot and a bucket for days at a time. And when they find out that Bosten is gay ... |
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Stick |
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Born with just one ear, 13-year-old Stick faces daily harassment at school. But his home life is worse. His abusive parents not only beat him and his brother Bosten, but lock them in rooms with only a cot and a bucket for days at a time. And when they find out that Bosten is gay ... |
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Smith, Andrew (Author) |
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2011 - Feiwel and Friends |
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Gay | |
Abuse Abusive parents Bullying Dysfunctional families Gay brothers Middle schools People with disabilities Road trips Road trips Teen boys Thirteen-year-olds Throwaway kids |
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Oregon | |
Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780312613419 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) | |
Booklist |
The FitzOsbornes in Exile |
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After the Germans bomb their beloved castle on the tiny island nation of Montmaray, the young royal family flees to pre-war England, carrying the horrifying awareness of Hitler's deadly potential with them. As conscience and conventions collide, each struggles to fight their individual battles for love and truth. |
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The FitzOsbornes in Exile |
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After the Germans bomb their beloved castle on the tiny island nation of Montmaray, the young royal family flees to pre-war England, carrying the horrifying awareness of Hitler's deadly potential with them. As conscience and conventions collide, each struggles to fight their individual battles for love and truth. |
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Cooper, Michelle (Author) |
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2010 - Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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Bisexual Gay |
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Activism Diaries Exiles Families Journaling Royalty World War II |
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Great Britain | |
Coming of age, Historical fiction | |
6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780375858659 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Booklist |
Two boys kissing |
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Based on true events, this is the story of Harry and Craig's record-breaking 32-hour kiss, narrated by a Greek Chorus of older gay men lost to AIDS, and interwoven with the stories of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, and navigating gender identity. |
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Two boys kissing |
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Based on true events, this is the story of Harry and Craig's record-breaking 32-hour kiss, narrated by a Greek Chorus of older gay men lost to AIDS, and interwoven with the stories of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, and navigating gender identity. |
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2013 - Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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Gay Questioning Transgender |
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Coming out Gender identity Hate crimes High schools Kissing Relationships Social change Teens World records |
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Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0307931900 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Best Young Adult Literature for Adults (Library Journal) Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult National Book Award Young People's Literature Longlist Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Booklist |
Will |
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High school jock and all-around popular guy Will Armstrong moons a bus full of girls and is assigned community service which includes joining the school band and helping out with the musical. While serving his time, he is befriended by a gay boy and is forced to reconsider his own stereotypical views of what it means to be a man. |
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Will |
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High school jock and all-around popular guy Will Armstrong moons a bus full of girls and is assigned community service which includes joining the school band and helping out with the musical. While serving his time, he is befriended by a gay boy and is forced to reconsider his own stereotypical views of what it means to be a man. |
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Boyd, Maria (Author) |
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2010 - Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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Allies Gay International |
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Athletes Death of a parent Fathers High schools Musicals Musicians Self-discovery Seventeen-year-olds Single-sex schools Stereotypes Teen boys |
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Sydney, Australia | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780375855207 (Paperback), 9780375862090 (Hardcover) |
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Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Kirkus Reviews |
Will Grayson, Will Grayson |
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On a cold Chicago night, two sixteen-year-olds -- one gay and one not -- meet and discover they have one big thing in common, their name. From then on, their lives, their friends, and their loves intertwine and culminate in the staging of one of the funniest high school musicals ever. |
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson |
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On a cold Chicago night, two sixteen-year-olds -- one gay and one not -- meet and discover they have one big thing in common, their name. From then on, their lives, their friends, and their loves intertwine and culminate in the staging of one of the funniest high school musicals ever. |
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Green, John (Author); Levithan, David (Author) |
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2010 - Dutton Juvenile |
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Gay | |
Dating Depression Friendship High schools Humor Musicals Relationships Teen boys Theater |
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Chicago, Illinois | |
Collaborative fiction, Coming of age, Multiple points of view, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780142418475 (Paperback), 9780525421580 (Hardcover) |
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Best Books for Teens (Kirkus Reviews) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Stonewall Book Awards - Children's and Young Adult Literature Award Honor Books (ALA GLBTRT) |
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Winger |
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Learning the ways of love and life are never easy, especially when you are a 14-year-old high school junior like Ryan Dean. Ryan Dean knows that with his best friend Joey at his side, life is always better - until the unthinkable happens. |
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Winger |
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Learning the ways of love and life are never easy, especially when you are a 14-year-old high school junior like Ryan Dean. Ryan Dean knows that with his best friend Joey at his side, life is always better - until the unthinkable happens. |
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Smith, Andrew (Author) |
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Bosma, Sam | |
2013 - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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Gay | |
Athletes Boarding schools Cartoonists Crushes Fourteen-year-olds Friendship High schools Rugby Sports Teen boys |
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Oregon | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781442444928 (Hardcover) |
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Best Children's Books of the Year (Publishers Weekly) Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Editors' Choice Books for Youth (Booklist) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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