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Over the Rainbow: LGBTQIA Teen Fiction
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The black flamingo
by Dean Atta
A fierce coming-of-age novel about identity and the liberating power of drag follows the experiences of a mixed-race teen in London who struggles to connect with his heritage before coming out and establishing his place in Drag Society. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Girl on the line
by Faith Gardner
After an attempted suicide and bipolar diagnosis, Journey decides to volunteer at a crisis center and discovers a community of people that may help her find the light within herself that she did not know existed
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Be dazzled
by Ryan La Sala
Seventeen-year-old Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that could lead to art school admission and respect for his talent, but being paired with his main competitor, ex-boyfriend Luca, complicates things.
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A dark and hollow star
by Ashley Shuttleworth
A queer cast of characters-a half-fae teenager, a temperamental ex-Fury, a fae prince, and his brooding guardian-must track down a serial killer whose disturbing murders are threatening to expose the hidden faerie courts to the human world.
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Yesterday is history
by Kosoko Jackson
Traveling back and forth in time after a life-saving surgery, Andre bonds with one boy from the 1960s and another from present-day Boston before confronting a difficult choice. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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This is how we fly
by Anna Meriano
Grounded for the summer by her sometimes-evil stepmother, seventeen-year-old vegan feminist Ellen Lopez-Rourke gets permission to join a Quidditch team, where she makes new, if nerdy, friends
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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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Into the real
by Z Brewer
Three teens--one who presents as genderqueer, one who presents as female, and one who presents as male--are caught up in three very different stories of survival. But those stories intersect as the teens start to realize that they might in fact be a single, singular "they" alternating among worlds--and that accepting themself might be the key to defeating the monsters that plague them in all three.
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I hope you're listening
by Tom Ryan
Seventeen-year-old Dee secretly hosts a popular true-crime podcast but when a missing child seems linked to the disappearance of her best friend ten years ago, she considers revealing her identity to uncover the truth.
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Ruinsong
by Julia Ember
Forced by a violently ruthless queen to use her magic to torture disgraced aristocrats, a powerful young woman confronts a difficult choice when she reconnects with a childhood friend, an alluring noblewoman with ties to an underground rebellion. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Friend Scheme
by Cale Dietrich
Expected to follow in his powerful criminal father’s footsteps, 17-year-old Matt longs for a different life while bonding with a new friend who demonstrates suspicious interest in Matt’s father’s activities. By the author of The Love Interest.
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Six Angry Girls
by Adrienne Kisner
When her promising senior year is upended by devastating setbacks, including her expulsion from the Mock Trial team that voted girls out after she spent three years leading it to success, Raina finds a new sense of purpose at a politically active craft store, where she becomes inspired to create a rival all-girls team.
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Who I was with her
by Nita Tyndall
Secretly dating a rival team captain, a cross-country runner who is not yet ready to come out hides her heartbreak when her girlfriend dies suddenly, a loss that leads to support from an unexpected source. A first novel. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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You brought me the ocean
by Alex Sanchez
Jake Hyde yearns for the ocean and is determined to leave his hometown in New Mexico for a college on the coast, and while his family and friends encourage him to stay, he must deal with his secrets of being gay and some strange new blue markings on his skin giving him a glow when he touches water
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