7 Days at the Hot Corner |
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Offering a unique perspective, this novel shows the adjustment process of a straight teenage boy whose best friend has just come out to him. |
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7 Days at the Hot Corner |
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Offering a unique perspective, this novel shows the adjustment process of a straight teenage boy whose best friend has just come out to him. |
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Trueman, Terry (Author) |
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2007 - HarperTempest |
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Allies Gay |
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Activism Baseball Best friends Coming out Divorce Father-son relationships Friendship High schools Homophobia Mother-son relationships Self-discovery Sports Stepmothers Teachers Teen boys |
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Coming of age, Realistic fiction, Reluctant readers | |
6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780060574949 (Hardcover), 9780060574956 (Paperback) |
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CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) | |
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Archenemy |
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Part of the Counterattack Series in which each volume focuses on different players from the Fraser High School girls soccer team. In this book teammates Addie and Eva are the closest of friends, but Eva wants to be more than "just friends." When Addie doesn't feel the same way, Eva harasses and tries to sabotage her, and their tight friendship quickly unravels. |
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Archenemy |
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Part of the Counterattack Series in which each volume focuses on different players from the Fraser High School girls soccer team. In this book teammates Addie and Eva are the closest of friends, but Eva wants to be more than "just friends." When Addie doesn't feel the same way, Eva harasses and tries to sabotage her, and their tight friendship quickly unravels. |
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Hoblin, Paul (Author) |
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2013 - Darby Creek |
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Lesbian Multicultural |
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Bullying Friendship High schools Mixed-race teens Soccer Sports Teen girls |
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Realistic fiction, Reluctant readers | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781467707213 (Paperback) |
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Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA YALSA) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide |
Bi-Normal |
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Higgins , M. G. (Author) |
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2013 - Saddleback Publishing |
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Bisexual | |
Athletes Coming out Football High schools Homophobia Sexual orientation Sports Teen boys |
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Coming of age, Realistic fiction, Reluctant readers | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781622500048 (Paperback) |
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Bisexual Book Awards Finalist (Bi Writers Association) | |
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Crossover |
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Sixteen-year-old Kyle gets caught in the middle between his basketball team and drama club when he opts to join both and re-establishes an old friendship with Luke, who is the frequent target of gay-baiting. |
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Crossover |
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Sixteen-year-old Kyle gets caught in the middle between his basketball team and drama club when he opts to join both and re-establishes an old friendship with Luke, who is the frequent target of gay-baiting. |
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Rud, Jeff (Author) |
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2008 - Orca Book Publishers |
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Gay International |
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Athletes Basketball Bullying Drama club Friendship High schools Homophobia Musicals Sixteen-year-olds Sports Teen boys |
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Realistic fiction | |
7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade | |
9781551439815 (Paperback) |
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Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
Dairy Queen |
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Murdock, Catherine Gilbert (Author) |
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2006 - Houghton Mifflin |
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Lesbian | |
Athletes Basketball Best friends Families Farm life Fifteen-year-olds Football Friendship High schools Rural teens Self-discovery Sports Teen girls |
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Wisconsin | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade | |
9780618683079 (Hardcover) |
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Far from Xanadu |
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Mike Szabo - ace softball player, weightlifter, a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth - has enough trouble surviving in her small town before a new girl, Xanadu, turns Mike's life upside down. [Re-issued as "Pretend You Love Me"] |
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Far from Xanadu |
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Mike Szabo - ace softball player, weightlifter, a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth - has enough trouble surviving in her small town before a new girl, Xanadu, turns Mike's life upside down. [Re-issued as "Pretend You Love Me"] |
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Peters, Julie Anne (Author) |
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2005 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Gay Lesbian Questioning |
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Athletes Butches Crushes Death of a parent Dysfunctional families Fathers Grief High schools Small towns Softball Sports Suicide Teen girls Unrequited love Weightlifting |
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Coalton, Kansas | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780316158817 (Hardcover), 9780316159715 (Paperback) |
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CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Fat Angie |
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Angie hits rock bottom the day she tries to commit suicide in the middle of a high school pep rally. Enter KC Romance, a new girl in town who is stunningly different. |
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Fat Angie |
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Angie hits rock bottom the day she tries to commit suicide in the middle of a high school pep rally. Enter KC Romance, a new girl in town who is stunningly different. |
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Charlton-Trujillo, e. E. (Author) |
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2013 - Candlewick Press |
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Lesbian | |
Basketball Body image Bullying Cutting Depression Dysfunctional families High schools Military Overweight people Sisters Sports Suicide attempts Teen girls |
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Dryfalls, Ohio | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-0763661199 (Hardcover) |
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Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award (ALA GLBTRT) |
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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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Giraffe People |
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Cole is content to do well in school, play sports, and date her well-behaved boyfriend, even though she has more than enough reason to rebel as the middle child of an Army chaplain. When her friendship with Meghan suddenly becomes complicated, it seems that everything else in her life becomes complicated, too. |
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Giraffe People |
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Cole is content to do well in school, play sports, and date her well-behaved boyfriend, even though she has more than enough reason to rebel as the middle child of an Army chaplain. When her friendship with Meghan suddenly becomes complicated, it seems that everything else in her life becomes complicated, too. |
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Malone, Jill (Author) |
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2013 - Bywater Books |
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Lesbian | |
Army bases Bands (Music) Coming out Field hockey Military families Musicians Sixteen-year-olds Sports Teen girls |
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Fort Monmouth, New Jersey | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781612940397 (Paperback) |
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IndieFab Awards Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Lambda Literary Review |
Hero |
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Thom Creed, the son of superheroes, has to hide the fact that he's gay if he's going to fit into the League, but that's not the only problem he faces .... |
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Lucky |
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Nineteen-year-old Sam Smith tries to figure out his own sexuality when he finds himself attracted to both boys and girls. |
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Lucky |
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Nineteen-year-old Sam Smith tries to figure out his own sexuality when he finds himself attracted to both boys and girls. |
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De Oliveira, Eddie (Author) |
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2004 - Push - Scholastic |
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Bisexual Gay |
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Athletes College students Coming out Identity Nineteen-year-olds Romance Self-acceptance Self-perception Sexual orientation Soccer Sports |
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London, England Surrey, England |
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Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780439546553 (Paperback), 9780613721448 (Hardcover) |
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Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults GLBTQ List (ALA YALSA) | |
Publishers Weekly |
Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle |
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A mischievious little girl comes to terms with having to share her favorite uncle with his new partner. |
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Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle |
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A mischievious little girl comes to terms with having to share her favorite uncle with his new partner. |
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Lindenbaum, Pija (Author) |
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2007 - R & S Books |
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Gay International |
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Families Gay uncles Humor Jealousy Soccer Sports |
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Picture Books | |
Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade | |
9789129667349 (Hardcover) |
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CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park |
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Three high school friends, including a fun, proud, and just about out-of-the-closet gay young man, tell about their 'excellent' ninth-grade year. |
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Name Me Nobody |
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Fourteen-year-old Emi-Lou Kaya feels hurt and abandoned when her best friend Von (short for Yvonne) starts a lesbian relationship with their softball teammate, Babe. |
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Name Me Nobody |
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Fourteen-year-old Emi-Lou Kaya feels hurt and abandoned when her best friend Von (short for Yvonne) starts a lesbian relationship with their softball teammate, Babe. |
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Yamanaka, Lois-Ann (Author) |
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1999 - Hyperion Books |
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Lesbian Multicultural |
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Best friends Diets Fourteen-year-olds Homophobia Identity Japanese Americans Middle schools Name calling Outsiders Overweight people People of color Softball Sports Teen girls |
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Hilo, Hawaii | |
Realistic fiction | |
8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780786814664 (Paperback), 9780786823949 (Hardcover) |
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Lambda Literary Awards Finalist | |
Booklist |
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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Pretend You Love Me |
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Mike Szabo - ace softball player, weightlifter, a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth - has enough trouble surviving in her small town before a new girl, Xanadu, turns Mike's life upside down. [Originally published as "Far from Xanadu"] |
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Pretend You Love Me |
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Mike Szabo - ace softball player, weightlifter, a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth - has enough trouble surviving in her small town before a new girl, Xanadu, turns Mike's life upside down. [Originally published as "Far from Xanadu"] |
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Peters, Julie Anne (Author) |
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2011 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Gay Lesbian |
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Athletes Butches Crushes Death of an uncle Dysfunctional families Fathers Grief High schools High schools Small towns Softball Sports Suicide Teen girls Unrequited love Weightlifting |
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Coalton, Kansas | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780316127417 (Paperback) |
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CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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So Hard to Say |
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Thirteen-year-old Xio, a Mexican American girl, develops a crush on Frederick, a recent transfer to their California school from Wisconsin. But Frederick is attracted to Victor, a soccer player. |
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So Hard to Say |
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Thirteen-year-old Xio, a Mexican American girl, develops a crush on Frederick, a recent transfer to their California school from Wisconsin. But Frederick is attracted to Victor, a soccer player. |
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Sanchez, Alex (Author) |
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2004 - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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Gay Multicultural |
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Coming out Crushes Friendship Identity Latinos Mexican Americans Middle schools New students People of color Soccer Sports Teen boys Thirteen-year-olds |
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California | |
Multiple points of view, Realistic fiction | |
6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade | |
0689865643 (Hardcover), 9781416911890 (Paperback) |
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Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult | |
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The Blue Lawn |
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Newcomer Theo Meyer and 15-year-old David Mason clash in the locker room when they first meet, but later their relationship blooms into something more. Set in rural New Zealand. |
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The Blue Lawn |
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Newcomer Theo Meyer and 15-year-old David Mason clash in the locker room when they first meet, but later their relationship blooms into something more. Set in rural New Zealand. |
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Taylor , William (Author) |
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1999 - Alyson Books |
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Gay International |
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Athletes Coming out Fifteen-year-olds Identity New students Relationships Rugby Small towns Sports Teen boys |
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New Zealand | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction, Romance | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780613235709 (Hardcover), 9781555834937 (Paperback) |
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Lambda Literary Awards Finalist Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Romance -- Passion and Heartbreak List (ALA YALSA) Top 10 Gay and Lesbian Books for Youth (Booklist) Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth (Booklist) |
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Advocate |
The Book of David |
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Through journal entries, a small-town high school quarterback recounts his experiences of falling for the new kid and the fear of being outed by his best friend. |
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The Book of David |
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Through journal entries, a small-town high school quarterback recounts his experiences of falling for the new kid and the fear of being outed by his best friend. |
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Anonymous, (Author) |
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2014 - Simon Pulse |
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Gay | |
Athletes Best friends Betrayal Coming out Diaries Football High schools Secrets Sports Teen boys |
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Arkansas | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-1442489851 (Paperback), 978-1442489868 (Hardcover) |
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Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) | |
Horn Book Guide |
The Necessary Hunger |
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1997 - Simon & Schuster |
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Lesbian Multicultural |
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African Americans Athletes Basketball High schools Identity Japanese Americans People of color Racism Sports Unrequited love |
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Los Angeles, California | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9780312181420 (Paperback) |
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Best Adult Books for High School Students (School Library Journal) | |
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The Off Season |
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In this sequel to Dairy Queen, D.J. Schwenk is now a junior, playing linebacker on her high school football team. In the roller-coaster year ahead, D.J. must cope with injuries plus problems with her family, boyfriend, and lesbian best friend. |
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The Off Season |
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In this sequel to Dairy Queen, D.J. Schwenk is now a junior, playing linebacker on her high school football team. In the roller-coaster year ahead, D.J. must cope with injuries plus problems with her family, boyfriend, and lesbian best friend. |
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Murdock, Catherine Gilbert (Author) |
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2007 - Houghton Mifflin |
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Lesbian | |
Athletes Basketball Families Farm life Football Friendship High schools Rural teens Self-discovery Sports Teen girls |
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Wisconsin | |
Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade | |
9780618686957 (Hardcover), 9780618934935 (Paperback) |
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Best Books for Young Adults (ALA YALSA) Best Young Adult Books of the Year (Kirkus Reviews) CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Cybils Finalist (Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards Committee) |
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The Thunder in His Head |
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Openly gay sixteen-year-old Kyle Manning's life at home and school starts to fall apart when his parents' divorce, and becomes more complicated when he meets and falls in love with the mysterious Dwight. |
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The Thunder in His Head |
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Openly gay sixteen-year-old Kyle Manning's life at home and school starts to fall apart when his parents' divorce, and becomes more complicated when he meets and falls in love with the mysterious Dwight. |
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Gant, Gene (Author) |
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2012 - Harmony Ink |
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Gay Multicultural |
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African Americans Anger management Athletes Basketball Dysfunctional families Eating disorders High schools People of color Relationships Sixteen-year-olds Sports Teen boys |
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Coming of age, Realistic fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
978-1613725726 (Paperback) |
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Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
Tyler Buckspan |
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When his nineteen-year-old half-brother moves in after his release from prison, Tyler can no longer ignore his attraction to other boys. Thus begins a coming-of-age story about love and loss, set in the 1960s. |
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Tyler Buckspan |
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When his nineteen-year-old half-brother moves in after his release from prison, Tyler can no longer ignore his attraction to other boys. Thus begins a coming-of-age story about love and loss, set in the 1960s. |
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Fishback, Jere’ M. (Author) |
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0000 - Prizm/Torquere Press |
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Gay Questioning |
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Basketball Car repair Coming out Psychic abilities Sports Teen boys |
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Cassadaga, Florida | |
Coming of age, Historical fiction | |
9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade + | |
9781610405188 (Paperback) |
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Rainbow Book List (ALA GLBTRT & SRRT) |
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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