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The Upside of Unrequited
by Becky Albertalli
Avoiding relationships to protect her sensitive heart, plus-sized Molly supports her once-cynical twin, Cassie, when the latter has her own bout of lovesickness, a situation that is complicated by sibling dynamics and an unexpected romantic triangle. YF ALBERTALLI
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Of Fire and Stars
by Audrey Coulthurst
A girl betrothed since childhood to a handsome prince to seal an alliance between their kingdoms hides her magical affinity for wielding fire powers while falling unexpectedly in love with her intended's prickly sister. YF COULTHURST
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None of the Above
by I. W. Gregorio
After being elected as homecoming queen and engaging in a first sexual encounter with her boyfriend, 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. YF GREGORIO
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We Are the Ants
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Abducted by aliens periodically throughout his youth, Henry is informed by his erstwhile captors that they will end the world in 144 days unless he stops them by deciding that humanity is worth saving. YF HUTCHINSON
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Ask the Passengers
by A. S. King
Imagining that she is sending love to passengers in airplanes flying overhead, Astrid Jones, a teen from a small town torn by gossip and narrow-mindedness, struggles with her family's dysfunction and hides her secret love for another girl. YF KING
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True Letters from a Fictional Life
by Kenneth Logan
A popular high school athlete hides his sexual orientation from his small Vermont town and writes unsent secret letters about his inner struggles to the people in his life, confessions that when discovered are broadcast to his entire school. YF LOGAN
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When the Moon was Ours
by Anna-Marie McLemore
As their deep friendship turns to love, Latina teenager Miel, who grows roses from her wrist, and Italian-Pakistani Samir, a transgender boy, fear their secrets will be exposed by the beautiful Bonner girls, four sisters rumored to be witches. YF MCLEMORE
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Not Otherwise Specified
by Hannah Moskowitz
A misfit whose place on the fringe of every group causes her to struggle with her sense of identity in relation to the cliques that dominate her complicated small town ends up befriending a white, Christian girl who is succumbing to illness. YF MOSKOWITZ
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Radio Silence
by Alice Oseman
A studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them to confront issues in the form of backlash and censorship. YF OSEMAN
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If I Was Your Girl
by Meredith Russo
A newcomer to a Tennessee community hides the secret about her gender reassignment that forces her to keep potential new friends at arm's length before meeting easygoing Grant, who captures her heart and who she fears will not accept the complicated realities of her life. YF RUSSO
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Far From You
by Tess Sharpe
Wrongly blamed for a friend's death because of her past addiction to painkillers, 17-year-old Sophie endures a forced stint in rehab while struggling with peer animosity and trying to figure out who is really responsible for what happened. YF SHARPE
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More Happy Than Not
by Adam Silvera
Struggling with memories of his impoverished youth, being abandoned by his friends and losing his father to suicide, Aaron attempts to forget his own identity through memory-altering therapy when his homosexuality affects a new friendship. YF SILVERA
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