All Souls |
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Astra Dell, one of the most popular girls at the posh Siddons School, is spending her senior year in the hospital, diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. As time passes, her classmates, among them a young lesbian, and her teacher must deal with their own problems in the wake of her absence. |
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All Souls |
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Astra Dell, one of the most popular girls at the posh Siddons School, is spending her senior year in the hospital, diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. As time passes, her classmates, among them a young lesbian, and her teacher must deal with their own problems in the wake of her absence. |
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Schutt, Christine (Author) |
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2008 - Harcourt |
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Lesbian | |
Cancer Eating disorders Girls' schools High schools Relationships |
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Manhattan, New York, New York | |
Coming of age, Psychological fiction, Realistic fiction | |
10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780151014491 (Paperback) |
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Best Adult Books for High School Students (School Library Journal) Editors' Choice Adult Books for Young Adults (Booklist) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist |
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And Tango Makes Three |
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At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins parent an egg and start a family. |
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Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies |
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Left by his mother to grow up with his Jewish grandparents on the Manhattan's Upper East Side, Rothschild describes his childhood and teen years as he remained continually in trouble both at home and at school because of his extravagant behavior. |
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Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies |
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Left by his mother to grow up with his Jewish grandparents on the Manhattan's Upper East Side, Rothschild describes his childhood and teen years as he remained continually in trouble both at home and at school because of his extravagant behavior. |
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Rothschild, Matt (Author) |
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2008 - Crown Publishers |
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Gay Gender Independent (Formerly, Gender Non-Conforming) |
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Grandparents Jews |
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Manhattan, New York, New York | |
Autobiographies, Coming of age, Non-Fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780307405425 (Hardcover), 9780307405432 (Paperback) |
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Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) | |
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Holly's Secret |
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When she moves from Manhattan to rural Massachusetts and starts middle school, eleven-year-old Holly reinvents her life, deciding to change her name to Yvette and hide the fact that her two moms are lesbians. |
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Holly's Secret |
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When she moves from Manhattan to rural Massachusetts and starts middle school, eleven-year-old Holly reinvents her life, deciding to change her name to Yvette and hide the fact that her two moms are lesbians. |
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Garden, Nancy (Author) |
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2000 - Farrar Straus Giroux |
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Lesbian | |
Adoption Eleven-year-olds Families Homophobia Identity Lesbian mothers Middle schools Moving New students Self-acceptance Small towns Tween girls |
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Manhattan, New York, New York Massachusetts |
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Chapter books, Realistic fiction | |
4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade | |
9780374332730 (Hardcover) |
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Lambda Literary Awards Finalist | |
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Jumpstart the World |
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Teenage Ellie falls in love with her next-door neighbor Frank, and then discovers that he is transgender. |
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Jumpstart the World |
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Teenage Ellie falls in love with her next-door neighbor Frank, and then discovers that he is transgender. |
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2010 - Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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Transgender | |
Abandonment Acceptance Crushes Friendship High schools Identity Loners |
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Manhattan, New York, New York | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780375866654 (Hardcover) |
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Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults GLBTQ List (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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My Heartbeat |
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Ellen adores her older brother, Link, and has a crush on his best friend, James. When one of classmates asks Ellen if Link and James are couple, she and the boys begin to question what makes people gay, straight, or bisexual. |
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My Heartbeat |
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Ellen adores her older brother, Link, and has a crush on his best friend, James. When one of classmates asks Ellen if Link and James are couple, she and the boys begin to question what makes people gay, straight, or bisexual. |
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Freymann-Weyr, Garret (Author) |
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2002 - Houghton Mifflin |
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Bisexual Gay |
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Brothers and sisters Fourteen-year-olds Friendship High schools Identity Relationships Siblings Teen boys Teen girls |
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Manhattan, New York, New York | |
Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780142400661 (Paperback), 9780618141814 (Hardcover) |
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Best Books for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Best Books of the Year (School Library Journal) Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Honor Book (ALA YALSA) Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts (ALA YALSA) Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults GLBTQ List (ALA YALSA) |
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Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List |
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Witty, urbane Naomi, age 19, finally comes to terms with being hopelessly in love with her gay best friend, Ely, even after she learns he is sleeping with her boyfriend. |
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Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List |
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Witty, urbane Naomi, age 19, finally comes to terms with being hopelessly in love with her gay best friend, Ely, even after she learns he is sleeping with her boyfriend. |
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Cohn, Rachel (Author); Levithan, David (Author) |
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2007 - Alfred A. Knopf |
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Gay | |
Best friends College students Dating Friendship Humor Identity Romance Universities and colleges |
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Manhattan, New York, New York | |
Multiple points of view, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780375844409 (Hardcover), 9780375844416 (Paperback) |
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CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Forbidden Romance List (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy |
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Most teenage boys dream of being makeout artists. Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte, on the other hand, dreams about being a makeup artist! And when he gets a part-time job at Macy's cosmetics department, he figures fame and fortune are just around the corner. |
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Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy |
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Most teenage boys dream of being makeout artists. Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte, on the other hand, dreams about being a makeup artist! And when he gets a part-time job at Macy's cosmetics department, he figures fame and fortune are just around the corner. |
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Wright, Bil (Author) |
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2011 - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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Gay Multicultural |
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Bullying Cosmetics Crushes Latinos Makeup artists Single-parent families Sixteen-year-olds Teen boys |
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Lower East Side, New York, New York Manhattan, New York, New York |
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Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781416939962 (Hardcover), 9781416940043 (Paperback) |
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Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award (ALA GLBTRT) |
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You |
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Holden Caulfield, meet James Sveck, a white, middle-class New Yorker who disdains his peers and most of the adults in his life, except for the gay man who manages his mother's art gallery. |
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