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Absolutely, Positively Not Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults-2006 subjects: Coming out, Conformity, High schools, Humorous stories |
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Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence A collection of short stories about homosexuality by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E. Kerr, William Sleator, and Jane Yolen. subjects: Homosexuality. Short stories, American |
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Annie on My Mind Liza puts aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at school, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of people. awards: Margaret A. Edwards Award-2003 subjects: Lesbians—Fiction |
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The Arizona Kid Sixteen-year-old Billy spends the summer with his gay uncle in Tucson and works at a racetrack where he falls in love with an outspoken horse exerciser named Cara Mae. subjects: Homosexuality—Fiction. Horses—Fiction. Arizona—Fiction |
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Babylon Boyz Inner-city teenagers find a suitcase full of cocaine and must decide whether to sell it and take the opportunities the money would provide or to destroy it to keep the drug from poisoning their community. subjects: Inner cities—Fiction. Cocaine—Fiction. Drug abuse—Fiction. City and town life—Fiction. African Americans—Fiction |
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Bermudez Triangle The friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks-2006 subjects: Coming out, Family life, Friendship, High school |
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Between Mom and Jo Fourteen-year-old Nick has a three-legged dog named Lucky 2, some pet fish, and two mothers, whose relationship complicates his entire life as they face prejudice, work problems, alcoholism, cancer, and finally separation. subjects: Family problems, Mothers and sons, Prejudice |
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Boy Meets Boy This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback.) awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2004, Washington, D.C.: Capitol Choices List: 2004, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2004, New Hampshire: Flume Award Nominees: 2006, New Jersey: Garden State Teen Book Award Nominees: 2006 subjects: Teenage boys—Fiction. Gay teenagers—Fiction. Male friendship—Fiction |
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The Collected Strangers in Paradise, Vol 1 The Collected Strangers In Paradise begins the tale of two friends who share their lives and loves. Meet Katchoo and Francine and learn how they deal with everyday issues in their own special way! subjects: Man-woman relationships—Comic books, strips, etc. Lesbians—Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels |
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Dare Truth or Promise Louie Angelo, a Woodhaugh High prefect who plans to be a lawyer, falls in love with a girl who lives in a pub and just wants to get through her exams so she can become a chef. subjects: Lesbians—Fiction. Love—Fiction. Friendship—Fiction. New Zealand—Fiction |
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Deliver Us from Evie Sixteen-year-old Parr Burrman and his family face some difficult times when word spreads through their rural Missouri town that his older sister is a lesbian, and she leaves the family farm to live with the daughter of the town's banker. subjects: Lesbians—Fiction. Family life—Missouri—Fiction. Farm life—Missouri—Fiction. Missouri—Fiction |
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Empress of the World While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be difficult and confusing. awards: New Jersey: Garden State Teen Book Award Nominees: 2004, ALA Popular Paperbacks: 2005, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2002 subjects: Lesbians—Fiction. Homosexuality—Fiction. Bisexuality—Fiction. Schools—Fiction |
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The Flip Side Robert, a British fifteen-year-old, is confused when he plays the part of Rosalind while studying Shakespeare in school and discovers parts of his personality that he did not know existed. subjects: Sex role—Fiction. Identity—Fiction. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it. Schools—Fiction. England—Fiction |
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Freak Show Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack (Christianity expressed as persecution), and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush for him secret, seventeen-year-old drag queen Billy Bloom decides the only way to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. subjects: Female impersonators, Homosexuality, Prejudices, High schools |
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From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman. subjects: Mothers and sons—Fiction. Lesbians—Fiction. African Americans—Fiction |
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Geography Club A group of gay and lesbian teenagers finds mutual support when they form the "Geography Club" at their high school. Sequel: Order of the Poison Oak Also check out the new companion novel: Split Screen: Attack Of The Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies And Bride Of The Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies awards: Texas: Tayshas Reading List: 2005, ALA Popular Paperbacks: 2005 subjects: Homosexuality—Fiction. Clubs—Fiction. High schools—Fiction. Schools—Fiction |
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Green Lantern: Brother's Keeper When a friend of Green Lantern is beaten and left for dead because of his sexual orientation, the ring-wielding hero embarks on a mission of vengeance, leading him to a personal battle between great power and moral responsibility. subjects: Green Lantern (Fictitious character)—Comic books, strips, etc. Superhero comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels |
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Hard Love After starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John meets an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality. awards: Tennessee: Volunteer State Book Award Nominees: 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2000, Indiana: Eliot Rosewater Award Nominees: 2002, Maryland: Black-eyed Susan Award Nominees: 2002, ALA Popular Paperbacks: 2002, Washington: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award Nomin: 2002 subjects: Authorship—Fiction. Underground press publications—Fiction. Divorce—Fiction. Identity—Fiction |
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The House You Pass on the Way When fourteen-year-old Staggerlee, the daughter of a racially mixed marriage, spends a summer with her cousin Trout, she begins to question her sexuality to Trout and catches a glimpse of her possible future self. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks-2006 subjects: Cousins—Fiction. Racially mixed people—Fiction. Interracial marriage—Fiction. African Americans—Fiction. Lesbians—Fiction. Homosexuality—Fiction |
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How I Paid for College: a novel of sex, theft, friendship &
musical theater A laugh-out-loud account of high school senior Edward Zanni's attempts to raise money for tuition at Julliard after his father cuts him off. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks 2006, ALA Teen's Top
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Keeping You a Secret As she begins a very tough last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks-2006 subjects: Interpersonal relations—Fiction. Lesbians—Fiction. High schools—Fiction. Schools—Fiction. Stepfamilies—Fiction. College choice—Fiction. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. Lesbians—Fiction. High schools—Fiction. Schools—Fiction. Stepfamilies—Fiction. College choice |
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Kissing Kate Sixteen-year-old Lissa's relationship with her best friend changes after they kiss at a party and Lissa does not know what to do, until she gets help from an unexpected new friend. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2004, New Jersey: Garden State Teen Book Award Nominees: 2006 subjects: Friendship—Fiction. Lesbians—Fiction. Homosexuality—Fiction. Identity—Fiction |
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Luna: a novel Fifteen-year-old Regan's life, which has always revolved around keeping her older brother Liam's transsexuality a secret, changes when Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2005, Texas: Tayshas Reading List: 2006, Michigan: Thumbs Up Award Nominees: 2005, National Book Award Nominee subjects: Transsexuals—Fiction. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. Identity—Fiction. Family problems—Fiction. |
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The Misfits Four students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all students who have ever been called names. awards: Maryland: Children's Book Award Nominees: 2004, Michigan: Great Lakes Great Books Award Nominees: 2004, ALA Popular Paperbacks: 2005, Tennessee: Volunteer State Book Award Nominees: 2004 subjects: Schools—Fiction. Elections—Fiction. Friendship—Fiction. Teasing—Fiction. |
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My Heartbeat As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2003, Washington, D.C.: Capitol Choices List: 2002, Michael L. Printz Honor: 2003 subjects: Brothers and sisters—Fiction. Homosexuality—Fiction. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. Family life—Fiction. Homosexuality—Juvenile fiction |
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Name Me Nobody Emi-Lou struggles to come of age in her middle school years in Hawaii. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks-2003 subjects: Schools—Fiction. Hawaii—Fiction |
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Not the Only One: Gay and Lesbian Fiction for Teens subjects: Young adult fiction, American. Lesbians—Fiction. Gay men—Fiction. Young adult fiction |
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Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned In graphic art format, describes the friendship between two roommates on the MTV show "Real World," one of whom died of AIDS. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks: 2002, Maryland: Black-eyed Susan Award Nominees: 2003, South Carolina: YA Book Award Nominees: 2004, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor: 2001, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2001, Washington, D.C.: Capitol Choices List: 2000, Indiana: Eliot Rosewater Award Nominees: 2002, Kentucky: Bluegrass Award Nominees: 2002, ALA Notable Children's Books: 2001, ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2001, Texas: Tayshas Reading List: 2002 subjects: Zamora, Pedro, 1972-, Winick, Judd—Comic books, AIDS (Disease)—Patients, Biography—Comic books, AIDS activists, Real world (Television program : United States) Graphic novels. |
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Rainbow Boys Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other. Sequels: Rainbow High, Rainbow Road awards: New Jersey: Garden State Teen Book Award Nominees: 2004, Texas: Tayshas Reading List: 2004, ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2002 subjects: Coming out (Sexual orientation)—Fiction. High schools—Fiction. Schools—Fiction. Alcoholism—Fiction. Interpersonal relations—Fiction |
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Slow River When eighteen-year-old Lore loses her identity chip to her kidnappers, she is rescued by Spanner, a data pirate who offers Lore a world of possibilities. subjects: Young women—Europe—Fiction. Identity (Psychology)—Fiction |
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Wide Awake In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world. subjects: Politics, Social action, Prejudices, Elections |
List updated January 2008—Joanna Nigrelli
