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Over the Rainbow: LGBTQIA Teen Reads April 2021
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Sasha Masha
by Agnes Borinsky
Feeling out of place in a male body and unfulfilled by gender-typical relationships, Alex begins gravitating toward female clothing and activities before a friendship with a fearless gay youth helps Alex embrace her trans identity. A first novel. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cemetery boys
by Aiden Thomas
Determined to prove himself a real brujo to the traditional Latinx family that does not accept his true gender, a trans boy summons the ghost of the resident bad boy, who refuses to return quietly to death. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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I think I love you
by Auriane Desombre
Competing for a first-prize trip to a Los Angeles film festival, die-hard romantic Emma and her archnemesis, the practical-minded Sophia, find their frequent clashes turning into something more. A first novel. Original. Simultaneous eBook.
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The magic fish
by Le Nguyen Trung
"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiâên still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiâên, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"
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Perfect on paper
by S. Gonzales
Navigating a complicated love life in spite of the spot-on advice she gives her classmates, a bisexual anonymous relationship columnist is blackmailed by an attractive and popular classmate to help the latter win back his ex. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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As far as you'll take me
by Phil Stamper
Seventeen-year-old Marty Pierce leaves small-town Kentucky for London, hoping to explore his sexuality and find work playing oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, and his dwindling savings worsen even as his dreams are coming true
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One of the good ones : Shouldn't Being Human Be Enough?
by Maika Moulite
"When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered"
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Last night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known
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Beyond the gender binary
by Alok Vaid-Menon
"Poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary"
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Gender Explorers : Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World
by Juno Roche
In this life-affirming, heartening and refreshing collection of interviews, young trans people offer valuable insight and advice into what has helped them to flourish and feel happy in their experience of growing up trans. Speaking openly and candidly about their gender, their experiences of coming out, their aspirations, and their fears - accompanied by interviews and support from their parents and carers - this book is beautiful proof of the potential for trans children to live rich and fulfilling lives when given the support and love they need.
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Out! : how to be your authentic self
by Miles McKenna
The award-winning social media icon and LGBTQ+ activist documents the story of his own coming out to counsel teens on what they need to know to navigate their identities, come out on their own terms and embark on an authentic life.
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