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LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Reads December 2022
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The Sunbearer Trials
by Aiden Thomas
"Chosen to participate in The Sunbearer Trials, where the loser is sacrificed to refuel the Sun Stones, Teo, the 17-year-old trans son of the goddess of birds, must compete against more powerful and better trained opponents for fame, glory and his own survival. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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The airless year
by Adam P. Knave
For Kacee, a queer Black girl in middle school, everything feels like a struggle, but when she fails a class as a result of her stress and ends up in summer school, she begins to discover her own power to improve the things in her life she can control
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Nothing sung and nothing spoken
by Nita Tyndall
"Despite the dangers of breaking the Nazi Partys rules, Charlie and Geli visit an underground club to dance to contraband American jazz and swing music, until the tightening vise of Hitlers power tests how much they are willing to risk??and to lose. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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This is why they hate us
by Aaron H. Aceves
Trying to get over his crush by pursuing other romantic prospects as his deep-seated fears and anxieties boil over, Enrique Quique Luna realizes that living his truth can come at a high cost. 40,000 first printing. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Both sides now
by Peyton Thomas
"A transgender teen grapples with his dreams for the future and a crush on his debate partner, all while preparing to debate trans rights at Nationals"
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On the Line by Paul CocciaAll Jordie wanted was for his parents to stop fighting. Soon, he gets his wish. His parents separate and then his dad announces he’s gay. Shocked, Jordie struggles with how to process all this. His dad taught him everything he knows about basketball, and there’s an important championship game coming up. He needs him more than ever. But Jordie feels like his dad has abandoned his family. He doesn’t want anything to do with him now and he definitely doesn't want to meet his dad’s new boyfriend. It takes a new girl with wicked basketball skills and a revelation from his best friend to help Jordie realize that while some things change, other things never do.
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Violet made of thorns
by Gina Masullo Chen
When asked by the king to falsely prophesy the princes love story for an upcoming ball, prophet and a liar Violet awakens a dead curse that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdomand her own fate. Simultaneous eBook.
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Wake the bones
by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
When a devil from her past returns to court her, as he did her mother years earlier, tobacco hand and taxidermist Laurel Early must unravel her mothers terrifying legacy and tap into her own magic to save everyone she loves. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The feeling of falling in love
by Mason Deaver
"Neil Kearney is set to fly across the country with his childhood friend...Josh, to attend his brother's wedding...until Josh tells Neil that he's in love with him and Neil doesn't return the sentiment...Neil needs to find a new date to bring along. And,almost against his will, roommate Wyatt is drafted. At first, Wyatt (correctly) thinks Neil is acting like a jerk. But when they get to LA, Wyatt sees a little more of where it's coming from. Slowly, Neil and Wyatt begin to understand one another"
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Epically earnest
by Molly Horan
To make her life truly epic, high school senior Jane Worthing needs to be honest with herself and those around her as she grapples with finding her biological family and asking her crush, Gwen, who is her best friends cousin, to prom. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Beating Heart Baby
by Lio Min
Settling into a new life in L.A., Santi finds his fragile relationship with his trans band leader Suwa threatened by an impossible truth that forces them both to reckon with their dreams, their pasts and their futurestogether or apart. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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