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LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Reads July 2023
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Camp QUILTBAG
by Nicole Melleby
"After a bit of a rocky start at Camp QUILTBAG, an inclusive retreat for queer and trans kids, Abigail and Kai make a pact to help each other find their footing, all while navigating crushes, their queer identities, and a competition pitting cabin against cabin"
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Aces wild : a heist
by Amanda DeWitt
When his mother is sold out by a rival casino owner, Jack, the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul, infiltrates a high-stakes gambling club to discover the truth, while hopelessly navigating what it means to be in love while asexual. Simultaneous eBook.
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Flip the script
by Lyla Lee
To make the ratings of her K-drama skyrocket, the producers create a love triangle using Hana's former best friend and crush, and as they compete for the lead actor's affection on screen, they fall in love behind the scenes, which could end their careers. Simultaneous eBook.
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The severed thread
by Leslie Vedder
"While fighting for their survival and to restore Andar, Fi, Shane and Briar Rose must decipher a mysterious book code, find the hidden city of the last Witches and uncover a centuries-old secret that could be the Spindle Witch's downfall. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. "
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Love & other natural disasters
by Misa Sugiura
When the gorgeous and glamorous Willow enlists her to pose as her new girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Nozomi Nagai plans to show Willow that she’s better than a stand-in and turn their fauxmance into something real. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Date me, Bryson Keller
by Kevin Van Whye
When Kai Sheridan, gay but not out, asks popular Bryson Keller on a date as part of a dare, both of their lives are transformed
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If I can give you that
by Michael Gray Bulla
Seventeen-year-old Gael, a trans boy, learns to let his walls down while finding community, discovering his sexuality, falling in love, and navigating difficult family situations
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Pumpkin
by Julie Murphy
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an openly gay teen of size partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves. By the best-selling author of Dumplin’. 200,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Into the light
by Mark Oshiro
Two outcasts, Eli and Manny, find their lives intersecting in unimaginable ways when the reported discovery of an unidentified body draws them into facing their biggest fears and confronting their own identity?—?and who they are allowed to be. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Can't take that away
by Steven Salvatore
When Carey Parker, a genderqueer teen who dreams of being a diva like their hero Mariah Carey, is cast as the female lead in the school musical, they must fight against discrimination and injustice from their closed-minded school administration
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Always the almost : a novel
by Edward Underhill
"Determined to win the Midwest's biggest classical piano competition, 16-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson finds himself distracted by the new boy in town, a proudly queer cartoonist who makes him feel like he's enough, instead of almost enough. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. "
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No boy summer : a novel
by Amy Spalding
Swearing off boys for the summer while staying with their aunt in Los Angeles, Lydia and her younger sister Penny make a pact, but when Lydia meets Fran, who has mutual feelings for her, she decides to secretly bend the rules. 25,000 first printing.
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