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Out on the Shelves Campaign Week
by InsideOut.Org
June 17 - 23 2019 InsideOUT is a national charity that supports young people of minority sexualities, genders and sex characteristics to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities.
(Images provided by insideout.org.nz)
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Let's talk about love
by Claire Kann
A secretly asexual college student who desires a swoon-worthy romance without sex despairs of ever having a relationship when she is unable to convince any prospective partners that love and sex do not always go together, a resolve that is tested by her crush on a young man she is sure will not understand her. (This is on order now!)
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Symptoms of Being Human
by Jeff Garvin
A gender-fluid teen who identifies as a boy or girl on different days—and whose challenges are complicated by a new school and a conservative politician father—is encouraged by a therapist to write an anonymous blog that goes unexpectedly viral. A first novel.
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Radio Silence
by Alice Oseman
What it's about: While studying for college qualification exams, stressed-out British teens Frances and Aled bond over Aled's notoriously secretive podcast, forming an intense friendship that leads them to question both their shared past and the futures they're supposed to want.
You might also like: Kathryn Ormsbee's Tash Hearts Tolstoy (for another take on internet fame featuring an asexual character).
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Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
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What if it's us
by Becky Albertalli
The award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and the best-selling author of They Both Die in the End present the story of two very different boys who cannot decide if the universe is pushing them together or pulling them apart.
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Tash hearts Tolstoy
by Katie Ormsbee
When a shout-out by a famed vlogger causes her own web series to go viral, Tash embarks on an ambitious project marked by her love of Tolstoy, adoring fans, high pressure, a cyber-flirtation with a fellow award nominee and her secret asexual orientation.
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None of the above
by I. W. Gregorio
Kristen discovers that she is intersex and possesses male chromosomes, a diagnosis that is leaked to the whole school, throwing Kristin's entire identity into question.
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Queens of Geek
by Jen Wilde
What it's about: Fandom, friendship, and romance collide when three Australian friends travel to a fan convention in California.
Featuring: vlogger and actress Charlie, whose crush on fellow vlogger Alyssa might not be unrequited, and best friends Taylor and Jamie, who hope to meet their favorite author but might end up redefining their own relationship.
Read it for: diverse characters and an affectionate, behind-the-scenes take on cons.
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Every day
by David Levithan
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
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Dress codes for small towns
by Courtney C Stevens
Rebelling against the role others believe she should conform to, Billie McCaffrey struggles with her feelings for two of her friends. She doesn't want anyone slapping a label on her sexuality before she can understand it herself. It's about understanding love on her terms -- this thing that has always been defined as a boy and a girl falling in love and living happily ever after. For Billie -- a box-defying dynamo -- it's not that simple.
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The dangerous art of blending in
by Angelo Surmelis
A story inspired by the award-winning designer's youth traces the experiences of an immigrant Greek boy coming to terms with his sexuality in an abusive household.
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This is Kind of an Epic Love Story
by Kheryn Callender
Starring: Nate Bird, who swears off dating after his father dies (leaving his mom heartbroken) and his romance with best friend Florence fails.
What happens: Nate's childhood friend Ollie moves back to town, and their rekindled connection challenges Nate's anti-relationship resolve.
Why you might like it: This will-they-or-won't-they romance offers authentically awkward situations and a diverse, well-rounded group of characters.
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