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GLBTQ Books for Teens Click on title for availability |
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Queer : the ultimate LGBT guide for teens
by Kathy Belge
A humorous and honest guide for LGBT teens includes personal stories from the authors and sidebars on queer history as well as advice on coming out to friends and family, navigating the LGBT social life, and rising up against bigotry and homophobia. Original.
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The miseducation of Cameron Post [electronic resource]
by Emily M. Danforth
In the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and her family decides she needs to change her ways, she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center
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Tell me again how a crush should feel
by Sara Farizan
High school junior Leila's Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates at Armstead Academy, and if word got out that she liked girls life would be twice as hard, but when a new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would, especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual, so she struggles to sort out her growing feelings by confiding in her old friends
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green
When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both
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Openly straight
by Bill Konigsberg
Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
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Everything leads to you
by Nina LaCour
Feeling unfulfilled in her romantic life in spite of a promising career in the L.A. film scene, talented set designer Emi discovers a mysterious letter at an estate sale that prompts her investigation into a movie icon's hidden life. By the award-winning author of Hold Still.
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Two boys kissing
by David Levithan
A chorus of men who have died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance and more in a society that has changed in many ways. By the author of Boy Meets Boy.
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The letter Q : queer writers' notes to their younger selves
by Sarah Moon
"A volume inspired by the ""It Gets Better"" YouTube campaign for LGBT teens collects letters from such famous contributors as Brian Selznick, Michael Cunningham and Amy Bloom to offer hope and support in the face of prejudice. Co-edited by the creator of the Academy Award-winning short film, Trevor. 40,000 first printing."
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I'll give you the sun
by Jandy Nelson
A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor.
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Fans of the impossible life
by Kate Scelsa
At Saint Francis Prep school in Mountain View, New Jersey, Mira, Jeremy and Sebby come together as they struggle with romance, bullying, foster home and family problems, and mental health issues. Simultaneous eBook. 30,000 first printing.
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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. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook. 40,000 first printing.
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One of those hideous books where the mother dies
by Sonya Sones
Forced to go live with her famous father, actor Whip Logan, after her mother dies, Ruby feels completely isolated in her new home and uncomfortable around this man she doesn't know, yet a tragic event and the discussion of family secrets helps to ease the tension between the two.
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Afterworlds
by Scott Westerfeld
Postponing college to visit New York in the hope of publishing her novel, Darcy Patel meets seasoned and fledgling writers who help her navigate the city and publishing industry throughout a year marked by writing and romance, while woven through her personal story is her suspenseful thriller novel about a teen who slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack.
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