Fiction
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| Title: |
Almost Perfect
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| Author: |
Brian Katcher |
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Logan develops a serious crush on Sage, a cute, new girl at his small Missouri high school. However, hes shocked and confused when he discovers Sage was once a boy. |
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| Title: |
Ash
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| Author: |
Malinda Lo |
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Recently orphaned Ash is forced to live with her cruel stepmother. In this captivating retelling of Cinderella, Ash falls hard for Kaisa, the kings royal huntress, as they develop a close and intimate friendship. |
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| Title: |
Beauty Queens
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| Author: |
Libba Bray |
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An entire plane of beauty queen contestants crashes on a deserted island. The competition isnt over, though, as the girls struggle to maintain their dignity and glamour routines. |
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| Title: |
Boy Meets Boy
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| Author: |
David Levithan |
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Paul has finally met the boy of his dreams, but everything else falls apart as old friends grow distant and an ex-boyfriend seeks him out. |
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| Title: |
Geography Club
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| Author: |
Brent Hartinger |
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Russel and his friends form the Geography Club to hide a gay-lesbian-bisexual support group at their homophobic high school. |
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Hero
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| Author: |
Perry Moore |
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As the son of disgraced former superhero Major Might, Thom struggles with how to tell his father he has superpowers and is gay, all while trying to save the world. |
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| Title: |
I am J
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| Author: |
Cris Beam |
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J, who feels like a boy in a girls body, runs away from home and discovers a place and a way for him to be himself. |
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| Title: |
Jumpstart the World
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| Author: |
Catherine Ryan Hyde |
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Elle, sixteen, is moved into a Manhattan apartment when her mother chooses her boyfriend over her own daughter. In her new school, a group of queer kids adopts Elle as a friend. Elle goes into denial when she finds out that Frank, her new friend and the boy she has crush on, is transgender. |
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| Title: |
King of the Screwups
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| Author: |
K.L.Going |
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When stylish and popular Liam Geller screws up once again, his father kicks him out of the house and he goes to live with Aunt Pete his cross-dressing glam rock uncle. In his new home, Liam learns to seek out his own talents, instead of pursuing his fathers approval. |
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| Title: |
Last Exit to Normal
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| Author: |
Michael Harmon |
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Ben has been getting into trouble ever since his father came out as gay three years ago. In an effort to clean up his act, Bens dad and his partner Edward, move the family to Montana where Ben feels out of his element, but ultimately deals with his anger at his father. |
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| Title: |
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
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| Author: |
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan |
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Best friends Naomi and Ely created their no kiss list to keep their friendship strong, but when gay Ely kisses one of straight Naomis ex-boyfriends all bets are off. |
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| Title: |
Order of the Poison Oak
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| Author: |
Brent Hartinger |
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After coming out, Russel escapes the torment of his classmates by taking a job at a rural summer camp for ten-year-old burn survivors. |
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| Title: |
She Loves You, She Loves You Not
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| Author: |
Julie Anne Peters |
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Kicked out of her fathers house for being a lesbian and nursing a broken heart from a recent break-up, seventeen-year-old Alyssa must learn to live with her estranged mother, whose job as an exotic dancer and posh house make Alyssa uncomfortable. |
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| Title: |
Shine
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| Author: |
Lauren Myracle |
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When her former best friend is attacked, Cat is sure that openly gay Patrick is the victim of a hate crime, but her investigation soon reveals dangerous secrets in her small North Carolina town. |
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| Title: |
Sister Mischief
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| Author: |
Laura Goode |
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Esme Rockett, also known as MC Ferocious, and her hip-hop crew, Sister Mischief want to start a hip-hop gay/straight alliance club in their small Minnesota town, but face opposition from officials and peers. |
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| Title: |
Skim
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| Author: |
Mariko Tamaki; drawings by Jillian Tamaki |
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Gorgeous artwork helps tell the story of Kimberly, aka Skim, who comforts a friend mourning the death of an ex-boyfriend, all while exploring her own feelings towards her English teacher, Ms. Archer. |
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| Title: |
So Hard to Say
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| Author: |
Alex Sanchez |
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Frederick becomes friends with Xio, an outgoing girl at his new school, but begins to question his sexuality when she starts wanting more from their relationship. |
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| Title: |
Someday This Pain Will be Useful to You
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| Author: |
Peter Cameron |
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While debating whether or not to go to college in the fall, eighteen-year-old James spends a summer in New York City working at his mom's art gallery, where he becomes attracted to her assistant, an older man named John. |
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| Title: |
Suicide Notes: A Novel
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| Author: |
Michael Thomas Ford |
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After waking up in a psychiatric hospital, fifteen-year-old Jeff uses deflective humor and sarcasm to avoid facing the truth of why he attempted suicide. |
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| Title: |
The Bermudez Triangle
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| Author: |
Maureen Johnson |
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During the summer before senior year, the relationships between three best girlfriends are put to the test when two of them cross the line from friendship to love. |
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| Title: |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
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| Author: |
Emily M. Danforth |
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Twelve-year-old Cameron is having a perfect summer complete with her first kiss, when she gets the shocking news that both her parents have died in a car crash. When her conservative Aunt Ruth steps in to be her guardian, she must hide that shes a lesbian. |
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| Title: |
The Vast Fields of Ordinary
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| Author: |
Nick Burd |
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Dade Hamilton, who is still in the closet, cant wait to leave his boring, suburban town in Iowa, but the summer before he goes to college he meets Alex whos dangerous and irresistible. Life gets more complicated for Dade when a former secret love interest, Pablo, becomes jealous. |
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| Title: |
Wandering Son Volume One
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| Author: |
Takako Shimura |
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Shuichi (Shu), an androgynous boy and Yoshino, a handsome tomboy, share a secret that draws them together in a special friendship. |
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| Title: |
What They Always Tell Us
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| Author: |
Martin Wilson |
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Alex and James, brothers, drift apart when Alex attempts suicide at a friends party. James friend, Nathan, understands Alexs pain as a loner and encourages him to be himself. This connection helps bring the brothers back together while Alex and Nathen develop feelings for one another. |
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| Title: |
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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| Author: |
John Green and David Levithan |
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Meet Tiny Cooper, flamboyant, loveable, and anything but tiny who is always looking for the boy of his dreams. Disillusioned with his own affairs he matches his best friend Will Grayson up with a great girl. However, while producing his musical autobiography, he meets another lonely boy who he falls for. |
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Non-Fiction
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| Title: |
Gay America: Struggle for Equality
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| Author: |
Linus Alsenas |
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This overview of the major events in gay history from the murder of Freda Ward in 1893 to same-sex marriage legalization in Massachusetts includes anecdotes and photos for additional interest. |
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| Title: |
GLBTQ : The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens
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| Author: |
Kelly Huegel |
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Eleven chapters cover essential issues such as coming out, religion, prejudice, getting support, sexuality, and school, with reminiscences from those whove been there. |
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