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LGBTQ+ Kids & Teens January / February 2021
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Plenty of hugs
by Fran Manushkin
Illustrations and gently rhyming text follow two mothers and their toddler on a sunny day.
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Harriet gets carried away
by Jessie Sima
While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a penguin costume, is carried away by a waddle of penguins and must hatch a plan in order to get herself back to the store in the city.
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It feels good to be yourself : a book about gender identity
by Theresa Thorn
Providing sensitive vocabulary for initiating discussions, a warmhearted, straightforward exploration of gender identity offers children a fuller understanding of themselves and others, in a compassionate story written by the mother of a transgender child and illustrated by a non-binary transgender artist.
Available on Cloud Library
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Star-crossed
by Barbara Dee
Star student Mattie is chosen to play Romeo opposite her crush, a newcomer named Gemma, in an eighth-grade production of Romeo and Juliet, a situation that makes her question her orientation about whether she can be attracted to both boys and girls.
Available on Cloud Library
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Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh
Befriending an eccentric but savvy older woman who suggests that they help each other while raising a litter of orphaned baby opossums, a young girl discovers that the woman may possess real magic and a possible connection to her family.
Available on Cloud Library
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King and the dragonflies
by Kacen Callender
A 12-year-old boy spends days in the mystical Louisiana bayou to come to terms with a sibling’s sudden death, his grief-stricken family and the disappearance of his former best friend amid whispers about the latter’s sexual orientation. By the award-winning author of Hurricane Child.
Available on Cloud Library
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
Available on Cloud Library
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Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
by Mariko Tamaki
Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation.
Available on Cloud Library
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The fell of dark
by Caleb Roehrig
Trying to keep his head down in a supernaturally charged community that is populated mostly by vampires, August is unexpectedly attracted to a mysterious vampire boy who draws him into a conflict with an ancient and terrible power. By the author of White Rabbit.
Available on Cloud Library
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The state of us
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Struggling with the high-profile social expectations of prospective first families, the 17-year-old sons of rival Democratic and Republican presidential candidates secretly fall in love on the sidelines of an increasingly contentious campaign.
Available on Cloud Library
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Who I was with her
by Nita Tyndall
Secretly dating a rival team captain, a cross-country runner who is not yet ready to come out hides her heartbreak when her girlfriend dies suddenly, a loss that leads to support from an unexpected source. A first novel.
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EXCLUSIVE LIVE virtual book club event with the author of Be Dazzled, Ryan LaSala Tuesday, February 23, 4:00 pm Please register for this event at slolibrary.org
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