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1) Dreadnought
Author
Series
Nemesis (April Daniels) volume 1
Publisher
Diversion Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Danny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world's greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and dies right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she's transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantel to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny's body into what she's always thought it should be. Now there's no hiding that she's a girl. It...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Huegel Madrone provides realistic advice for teens who are LGBTQ, questioning whether they might be, or are just interested in knowing more about LGBTQ history and rights. Also included are practical suggestions on dealing with homophobia; dating; creating a more accepting school environment; and reconciling your sexual/gender identity with cultural and religious beliefs.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.
7) Delta Belles
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four 1969 graduates of Mississippi's College for Women, who reassemble their once-popular musical quartet for their twenty-fifth reunion. Each woman has had her share of adversity in the years following college. Deborah "Delta" Ballou questions the existence of God in the wake of her minister husband's murder. Aspiring blues singer Rae Dawn regrets sacrificing her relationship with life partner Noel for the sake of her career.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tien 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 Tien, 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?"--
9) Love, Simon
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A closeted gay high school student struggles with coming out to his family and friends.
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. Charlie and Nick's relationship has been going really well, and Charlie thinks he's ready to say those three little words: I love you. Nick feels the same way, but he's got a lot on his mind -- especially the thought of coming out to his dad and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder. As a new...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.
Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim-American family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a...
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
William Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary - violating and subverting the dictionary's authority - in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary's publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitised. As the novel progresses and their...
14) Flamer
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
I know I'm not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They're mean, and scary, and they're always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel...unsafe. It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going though changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy...
15) I'm a wild seed
Author
Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this delightfully compelling full-color graphic memoir, the author shares her process of undoing the effects of a patriarchal, colonial society on her self-image, her sexuality, and her concept of freedom. Reflecting on the ways in which oppression was the cause for her late bloom into queerness, we are invited to discover people and things in the author's life that helped shape and inform her LGBTQ identity. And we come to an understanding of...
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