LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Reads
August 2024
Dear Wendy
by Ann Zhao

"A student at Wellesley College, aromantic and asexual Sophie Chi, aka“Dear Wendy,” finds herself in an online feud with her relationship advice rival,“Sincerely Wanda,” while unwittingly becoming friends in real life, but will their friendship survive when the truth comes out? Simultaneous eBook."
Not Just Friends
by Jordan Meadows

Seventeen-year-old Jen's best (let's face it, only) friend Deanna is five years older and big on parties. Jen has been trying to live in Deanna's world, but she's coming to realize guys, drinking, and drugs aren't really her thing. Just as she's figuring out how to tell Deanna the truth, tragedy hits, leaving Jen struggling to figure out who she is and what's important to her. Consumed by grief and guilt, Jen finds support in unexpected places. Stephanie's sociable, smart, and upbeat--all the things Jen is not. Yet she seems to want to be Jen's friend. Stephanie is also a lesbian, and when she takes Jen along to an LGBTQIA+ club, Jen starts to see not only her past with Deanna in a new light, but more importantly, her feelings about Stephanie.
Out of blue comes green
by M. E. Corey

"After a killer school talent show performance in full masculine presentation, trans boy Kinkade is quickly knocked back down to earth when his crush rejects him, and the whole school sees him in the dress his mother forced him to wear for a family photo. So, when the new girl Madi assumes he is cis and asks him out, he accepts without correcting her. After years of being ignored by his old crush and bullied by other boys, Kinkade just wants to convince Madi that he's a regular guy's guy. To impress her and finally win the approval of his peers, Kinkade agrees to his best friend Libby's suggestion that they enter a competition to become the band for prom despite his misgivings. In between band practice, weightlifting, and dates, Kinkade accidentally becomes an animal shelter volunteer under an assumed name-and it's there among the unconditional acceptance of dogs that he finally receives the affirmation he's been longing for. But it's going to be harder than he thought to play the show, get the girl, andbecome the man he's meant to be"
Wander in the dark
by Jumata Emill

"When Black teenager Amir is accused of murdering Chloe Danvers, a rich White girl, he and his half-brother Marcel set out to prove his innocence and discover that in a city as old as New Orleans, the right family connections can bury even the ugliest truths. Simultaneous eBook."
The girl, the ring, & the baseball bat
by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Armed with talismans, including an enchanted jacket that gets people to do anything, a baseball bat that fixes anything it breaks and a manifestation stone that makes anyone fall in love, Rosie, her older sister Caro and Zeke find their lives intertwined in magical and hilarious ways. (Young Adult– Grade 7+)
The diablo's curse
by Gabe Cole Novoa

To tether their soul to earth and become human again and save Silas, a cute boy cursed to die young, teen demon Dami must destroy the curse that has plagued Silas' family for generations on a murderous island destined to bury them both. Simultaneous eBook.
Icarus
by K. Ancrum

A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son?—?the boy he's come to love.
The perfect guy doesn't exist
by Sophie Gonzales

When sixteen-year-old Ivy Winslow, a fanfic writer, accidentally brings Weston her favorite TV character to life, she enlists the help of her new best friend Henry and her ex-best friend Mack to deal with her creation
Graphic Novels
Sweet blue flowers. 1
by Takako Shimura

When Fumi runs into Akira, her best friend from kindergarten, commuting to high school, she is glad to have her back in her life, and when Fumi's first love gets married, Akira helps Fumi deal with her broken heart
Bad dream : a Dreamer story
by Nicole Maines

"Nia Nal's spent her whole life taking a back seat to her older sister, Maeve, who's expected to inherit their mother's Naltorian powers--the ability to see the future through dreams. They'll soon learn the dreaming powers had other plans... When Nia's hit in the face with a kickball, the powers that weren't meant for her are suddenly triggered. Saddled with guilt, Nia resolves to suppress her powers in an attempt to protect her relationship with her sister. But Nia can't keep the dreams out forever... From Nicole Maines, the actress, activist, and writer who originated the role of Dreamer on the groundbreaking Supergirl TV show, and with stunning art by Rye Hickman that captures Nia's fan-favorite personality, comes the origin story of a girl who must accept her own power to fulfill her destiny in a long lineage of female superheroes. Luckily, Nia won't have to go through it alone"
King cheer / : King Cheer
by Molly Booth

Stepping down as cheer captain to focus on her future, high school senior Leah is drawn back into the fray when the cheerleaders are pitted against the basketball team in a fight for glory, but to heal the rift, she must first heal herself. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
Henshin!. : Blazing Phoenix Volume 1, Blazing phoenix
by Bon Idle

"Nine years after a mysterious ecological disaster, journalism students Alex and Rosalia investigate the strange company that rebuilt their city and turned it into a vision of the future--that is, until Alex's world is turned upside down by a chance encounter with a gigantic monster from another world, a Kaiju, and the mysterious masked hero fighting it! Inheriting the masked hero's power, Alex must now take on these powerful Kaiju when he transforms into the hero Blaze. As a gay man, Alex never imaginedhis cozy college life becoming deadly, but that's just what happens as his battles uncover an unholy connection between his city, the most powerful company in Europe, and the Kaiju. Can he uncover the secret before it's too late?"