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History is all you left me
by Adam Silvera
Having lost his first boyfriend in a terrible accident, Griffin, a youth with OCD, forges a friendship with his lost love's ex-boyfriend, Jackson, who exhibits suspicious signs of guilt.
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Spinning
by Tillie Walden
Unable to conceive of a life beyond her competitive training regimen, a teen figure skater begins to question her unrelenting lifestyle in the wake of a growing passion for art and a first love with a new girlfriend.
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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.
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A very, very bad thing
by Jeffery Self
Marley is comfortable with being gay in Winston-Salem, but he never had any real passions until he met Christopher, son of a bigoted television evangelist; the two become an inseparable couple until Christopher's parents send him to a religious program intended to "cure" him of being gay, and outraged Marley tells a very big lie--and then has to deal with the repercussions
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We are the ants
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button. Only he isn't sure he wants to. After all, life hasn't been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimer's. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriend's suicide last year. But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on it...or let the world--and his pain--be destroyed forever.
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The Great American Whatever
by Tim Federle
A bittersweet testament to the power of old movies and new memories follows the experiences of irreverent Hollywood hopeful Quinn, who is shattered by the death of his sister and writing partner and who falls in love at a college party with a young man who inspires his healing.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda
by Becky Albertalli
Closeted gay teen Simon Spier is challenged to come out on his own terms when he is threatened with exposure, a situation that is complicated by his friends' views and his crush on an adorable if confusing guy.
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Looking for group
by Rory Harrison
A teen in remission from cancer embarks on a mysterious ocean adventure in the hope of making a connection with his online best friend, who is secretly discovering the gender identity her father refuses to acknowledge.
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Girl mans up
by M-E Girard
Increasingly aware of her homosexuality and preferring to avoid looking too feminine, Pen is routinely mistaken for a boy and struggles to navigate complications in her friendships with a childhood buddy whose behavior has become cruel and a fellow gamer who seems to have it all.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
by John Green
Two award-winning authors present the tale of a pair of teens who meet by chance on a Chicago street corner and discover that they share a name and intertwining destinies involving an epic production of a high school musical.
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Draw the line
by Laurent Linn
Adrian Piper is used to blending into the background. He may be a talented artist, a sci-fi geek, and gay, but at his Texas high school those traits would only bring him the worst kind of attention. In fact, the only place he feels free to express himself is at his drawing table, crafting a secret world through his own Renaissance-art-inspired superhero, Graphite. But in real life, when a shocking hate crime flips his world upside down, Adrian must decide what kind of person he wants to be. Maybe it's time to not be so invisible after all--no matter how dangerous the risk.
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Frannie and Tru
by Karen Hattrup
Looking forward to sharing the summer with her charismatic cousin, who must get away from his home after revealing his sexual orientation, Frannie confronts difficult questions about identity, class and sexuality as she becomes increasingly aware of her cousin's secret.
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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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Georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit
by Jaye Robin Brown
Moved by her radio evangelist father to a conservative community in Georgia, gay teen Jo is asked to hide her sexual orientation until she becomes an adult and is surprised by her instant popularity, a situation that is threatened when she falls in love with the girl of her dreams.
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You and me and him
by Kris Dinnison
Maggie Bowers thinks she knows what to expect her junior year of high school, but when she and her out-of-the-closet best friend Nash have feelings for the same boy she wonders if winning someone's heart means losing her soulmate.
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South of Sunshine
by Dana Elmendorf
For Kaycee Jean McCoy, life in Sunshine means dating guys she has no interest in, saying only "yes, ma'am" when the local bigots gossip at her mom's cosmetics salon, and avoiding certain girls at all costs. Girls like Bren Dawson.
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Echo after echo
by Amy Rose Capetta
Brought to the Aurelia Theater to play her dream role in a Greek tragedy under the watchful eye of an exacting director, Zara is repeatedly distracted by a series of suspicious accidents and an alluring rebel who brings light and laughter into Zara's life.
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Ship it
by Britta Lundin
Told from two viewpoints, Forest, a television actor who needs more fans, and Claire, a teen fan fiction blogger, are teamed to raise his profile despite their disagreement over whether his character is gay
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Without Annette
by Jane B Mason
Moving halfway across the country to attend a prestigious boarding school with her best friend, Josie struggles to adjust in an unfamiliar environment while her more popular friend engages in increasingly self-destructive behavior. A first young adult novel by the co-author of A Dog and His Girl mysteries. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cut both ways
by Carrie Mesrobian
Navigating dysfunctional family dynamics involving his father's worsening alcoholism and his mother's cluelessness, 17-year-old Will struggles alone with his growing awareness that he is bisexual.
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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.
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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.
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The art of being normal
by Lisa Williamson
Hiding the truth about his transgender identity from his parents and bullying peers, David forges an unlikely friendship with attractive newcomer Leo, whose secret past as a girl compels David to come out and stand up for himself.
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Girl made of stars
by Ashley Herring Blake
When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie
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